Categories: Proceedings 07: 4IMC, Proceedings of Conferences
Author JEFF HOWELL South Bank University, London Abstract Problems with cavity wall construction are often blamed on poor quality workmanship, but solid brickwork equally requires care for the production of quality work, and there are signs that the skills required to...
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Author PIERRE BALOSSO De Montfort University, Leicester Abstract Eighty first year students were taken directly to a site at the very beginning of their five to seven years at university. Eleven walls were built by the students in groups of seven or eight each. The...
Categories: Proceedings 07: 4IMC, Proceedings of Conferences
Author C.A. FUDGE AND A.H. RIZA Kingsway Technology Limited Abstract In the late 1980s, investigations took place to examine the use of autoclaved aerated concrete (Aircrete) blocks used between precast prestressed concrete inverted T beams to form a suspended floor....
Categories: Proceedings 07: 4IMC, Proceedings of Conferences
Author J.P. FORTH Metropolitan University of Leeds and J.J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract Creep and moisture movement strain test data after 300 days are presented for 13 course high x 2 brick wide single leaf masonry, constructed using a single type of clay...
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Author C. MELBOURNE Bolton Institute and J.A. HODGSON L.G. Mouchel and Partners seconded to Ballon Institute Abstract A series of test on skewed brickwork arch bridges is described and compared with a similar series of tests on square span brickwork arch bridges....
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Author C.MELBOURNE and H.TAO Bolton Institute Abstract The paper deals with the general behaviour of open spandrel arch bridges by using finite element methods. Several models and load cases are studied. The results indicate that the stiffness of the main arch is...
Categories: Proceedings 07: 4IMC, Proceedings of Conferences
Author A.W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract Perception of the structural behaviour of masonry arches dates back to the early 18th century and methods for the design of arch bridges were developed through the 19th century in the course of which many thousands...
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Author SONGBO LI, A.N. FRIED AND J.J. ROBERTS Kingston University Abstract The test results from 59 brickwork wails under horizontal cyclic loading are examined and compared with the findings from other researchers. Analysis of the cause of cracking is used to develop...
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Author JAN KUBICA Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland Abstract The behaviour of unreinforced brickwork subjected to shear in a direction normal to the bed joints is still not well understood. One of the essential problems is to describe the effect of...
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Author PETER WALKER University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia JOHN DICKENS University of Technology, Loughborough Abstract Dry-stone walls are an ancient and widespread form of masonry construction. In 1987 approximately 50% of all highway retaining walls in...
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Author DAVID M F ORR AND JOHN COSTELLOE, University College Cork Abstract A bond wrench apparatus has been developed for testing bed joints between solid concrete block masonry units. The apparatus has been used to obtain data for an investigation into the effect of...
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Author ROB VAN DER PLUIJM, HARRY S. RUTTEN, AND COR S. SCHIEBROEK Eindhoven University of Technology Abstract The main variable in the experimental research with masonry wallettes tested in flexure, was the angle between bending axis and bed joints. Two types of...
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Author U. MEYER Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mauerziegel e.V., Bonn and P. SCHUBERT Institut fur Bauforschung, Aachen Abstract Flexural tests on reinforced perforated clay unit masonry (vertical holes >35%) under monotonic and cyclic loading have been carried out at the...
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Author C. SOUTHCOMBE University of Plymouth I.M. MAY Heriot-Watt University and V.L. CHONG China Institute of Technology and Commerce Abstract The paper presents the results of an experimental investigation into the behaviour of laterally loaded, single leaf and...
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Author G.KONIG1, A.OTES2 and M. ERNST1 1 Technische Hochschule Darmstadt 2 Ingenieurburo Konig & Heunisch, Frankfurt Abstract This paper gives the first results of tests on unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls with openings. The walls were built with...
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Author MATTHEW GILBERT University of Sheffield, and BRIAN HOBBS University of Teesside Abstract This paper describes the ongoing programme of impact testing on full-scale unreinforced masonry walls constructed in the laboratory at the University of Teesside. A novel...
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Author W.A.FERGUSON Building Research Establishment and G.J.EDGELL British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract The performance of laterally loaded masonry is normally measured by static loading, using airbags. It has been suggested that it might be enhanced if the load...
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Author A.N. FRIED and D.W. LAW Kingston University Abstract This paper examines the relationship between a number of mortar and unit properties and the bond strength of masonry. The water absorption, suction rate, crushing strength and dry density of the units are...
Categories: Proceedings 07: 4IMC, Proceedings of Conferences
Author J.P. FORTH Metropolitan University of Leeds and J J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract Previous investigators have shown that for certain types of clay brick, the horizontal irreversible moisture expansion of the clay brick masonry can be related to the...
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Author N.TUBI, F.CANTONI, A FANTUCCI AND G.ZANARINI ICITE-CNR, Italy Abstract Wallettes were built of hollow clay blocks (40,50 and 55% holes) alt produced in the same plant from the same raw materials and process. The wallettes were loaded vertically (perpendicular...
