Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author S. DAVIES and H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract Compressive strength and modulus of elasticity have been determined on brickwork built in four bonds using nine types of solid, perforated and frogged bricks. The results of a preliminary...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, Australia and A. HUIZER University of Calgary, Canada Abstract An experimental study of the comparative ability of reinforced and prestressed hollow clay masonry walls to resist racking loads is described. Three walls 3000 mm...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author DIMITRIJ PUME Building Research Institute, Technical University, Prague, Czechoslovakia Abstract The storey-height reinforced concrete-masonry wall panels designated JCKD, are composed of unbonded masonry contained within a rectangular reinforced concrete grid....
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author L. BINDA and G. BARONIO Polytechnic of Milan Abstract The adhesion between binder and aggregate and the resulting mortar and brick in ancient mortars is not fully understood. Mortars and plasters made with hydra ted lime and powdered bricks...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, Australia and N. G. SHRIVE University of Calgary, Canada Abstract The compressive strength of masonry is usually estimated from tests on small assemblages or tests on the components — the units and mortar. Testing methods...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author G. J. EDGELL and W. TEMPLETON British Ceramic Research Limited, Stoke-on-Trent Abstract Relatively little information is available about the performance of reinforced brickwork colums although their use, in conjunction with open section walls and stiff floors,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author N. M. BHANDARI & D. N. TRIKHA University of Roorkee, India Abstract Complete masonry buildings can be analysed by the conventional finite element method. Since it is impracticable and expensive to distinguish each brick and mortar joint separately, a super...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author N. G. SHRIVE The University of Calgary Abstract In some masonry, creep can be as large as the moisture, thermal and elastic strains combined. Clay masonry has been used as a supposedly non-load-bearing veneer in composite construction where differential...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author F. M. KHALAF* University of Edinburgh Abstract Fifteen single-block specimens and seventeen two-block prisms with three different concrete infill conditions (unfilled, partially, and completely filled) have been tested for strength and strain performance when...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 02
Author W. M. CHURCHILL Abstract Observations made on extensive site surveys of calcium silicate brickwork are reported together with general conclusions and recommendations for preventing cracking of the brickwork.
