Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste, Italy Abstract A comparison is made of the behaviour of masonry mortars, having different composition but similar workability, under repeated loadings of uniaxial compression with imposed maximum strain histories....
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author F. K. BIRJANDI British Cement Association and PROFESSOR M. C. FORDE University of Edinburgh Abstract Experimental work has been undertaken on the relationships between ultrasonic pulse velocity and age, and pulse velocity and compressive strength for mortar...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author J. MORTON Brick Development Association and M. R. HORNE formerly Beyer Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Manchester Abstract A proposed new approach for the design of masonry members in compression has already been developed for loading within the...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author NEIL TAYLOR Sheffield City Polytechnic Abstract A non-linear interpretation of the limit state behaviour of rectangular masonry sections subject to singly eccentric compressive forces is presented. The strain distribution across the section is taken to be...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author E. M. F. NAGUIB Cairo University, Egypt and PROFESSOR G. T. SUTER Carleton University, Canada Abstract To help understand masonry cracking problems, study of the stress field inside a brick unit and a mortar joint under different types of loading is important....
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste, Italy Abstract The shear behaviour of a joint in clay masonry under constant compressive action was investigated experimentally for solid and hollow bricks and two mortars of different composition. From the...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 05
Author A. W. PAGE The University of Newcastle, N.S.W. Abstract In December, 1989, the city of Newcastle, N.S. W., was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 5-6 on the Richter Scale, Despite the relatively small magnitude, the damage was widespread, due to the...
