Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author H.C. UZOEGBO (1) and R. SENTHIVEL (2) (1) Associate Professor in Structural Engineering (2) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Abstract Shake-table tests can...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author C. SUI (1)*, M.Y. RAFIQ (2), G. ZHOU (3) (1) School of Civil Engineering, Queen University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 5AG * Corresponding author, email: c.sui@qub.ac.uk (2) School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK PL4 8AA (3) Harbin University of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author B.G. HELLERS and S. SAHLIN Prof. em. KTH Dept. of Architecture and Prof. em. KTH Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden Abstract In the design of masonry buildings, it is required to calculate the eccentricity of the vertical force in...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author C. SUIand M.Y. RAFIQ University of Plymouth, UK Abstract SUI and RAFIQ [1] mentioned that yield-line analysis, which was mainly developed to define the failure criteria for reinforced concrete slabs had been adopted as an analytical method for the analysis and...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
B.V. VENKATARAMA REDDY (1) and P. PRASANNA KUMAR (2) (1) Associate Professor, E-mail: venkat@civil.iisc.ernet.in (corresponding author) (2) Research Scholar, E-mail: pras_ajsh@yahoo.com Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author K.F. HANSEN and E.S. PEDERSEN Danish Building Research Institute, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark Abstract The shear and torsional strength of bed joints are essential parameters to analyse masonry walls subjected to in plane and out of plane forces. This paper...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author A. VANIN and P. FORABOSCHI Dipartimento di Costruzione dell’Architettura. Università IUAV di Venezia Abstract A strut and tie model is defined that simulates the behaviour of a masonry panel subject to a constant vertical load and to an increasing horizontal...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author C. SUI and M.Y. RAFIQ University of Plymouth, UK Abstract Laterally loaded masonry wall panels are widely used in modern constructions due to many advantages they offer. In recent years, research on laterally loaded masonry panels, particularly in the numerical...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 22
Author J.J. BROOKS Abstract Previous research into creep of clay brickwork is reviewed and an experimental data base compiled. Current methods of estimating creep for design purposes are presented and a new prediction method is developed from previously developed...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author M.J. MASIA (1), R.B. PETERSEN (2), Y. HAN (3) and M.R.S. CORRÊA (4) (1) Senior Lecturer, Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia (2) Research Associate, Centre for Infrastructure...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author J.P. FORTH, D.V. DAO, V.V. TOROPOV and H.M. VU School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Abstract The development of new products, in this case a range of novel masonry units possessing properties which match or exceed current existing...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author A. BORRI (1), M. CORRADI (1), E. SPERANZINI (1) and A. GIANNANTONI (2) (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Via Duranti 93 – 06125 Perugia, Italy (2) Civ. Engr., Via delle Industrie, Foligno (PG), Italy Abstract The...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author L. LA MENDOLA (1), C. CUCCHIARA (2) and M. ACCARDI (3) (1) FullProfessor, Department of Structural Aerospace and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy, email: lidia.lamendola@unipa.it (2) Researcher, Department of Structural Aerospace and...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author A. VANIN and P. FORABOSCHI Dipartimento di Costruzione dell’Architettura. Università IUAV di Venezia Abstract A simplified method of non-linear static analysis to evaluate the in-plane load capacity of masonry panels in buildings subject to earthquake loads is...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author P.R. BINGEL and A. BOWN Leeds Metropolitan University Abstract BINGEL and BOWN [1] presented information on the maintenance and repair carried out on brick masonry walling in low rise residential and commercial buildings. This paper follows that work and...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author C. SUI (1), M.Y. RAFIQ (2), G.ZHOU (3) (1) Corresponding author, email: csui@qub.ac.uk. School of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG (2) School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK, PL4 8AA (3) Harbin University of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author B. CHIAIA (1) and C. CENNAMO (2) (1) Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2) Department of Design Knowledge, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy Abstract The main peculiarity of “irregular” and “sack” masonry,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 23
Author P.R. BINGEL and A. BOWN Leeds Metropolitan University Abstract A programme of research to investigate and quantify the whole life environmental performance of brick masonry walling is described.This paper gives details of the work carried out to obtain...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 24
Author T.H. McNEILLY Final Director, Former Brick Development Research Institute, Australia Abstract Previously reported computer simulations of the thermal performance of a well oriented house, in either heavyweight full-brick or lightweight framed construction,...
