Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author K.F. HANSEN Danish Building Research Institute Abstract Tensile flexural strength and ductility are important properties of masonry walls. In this paper these properties are investigated by means of deformation controlled tests with bending of masonry walls,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author J.F. ROBINSON*, A. THAVALINGAM*, D.A. PONNIAH* AND N. BICANIC ** * School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Edinburgh ** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow Abstract This paper presents some of the results from an...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author R.A. Laycock* and T. Yatcs** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Ltd Abstract Freeze/thaw performance, or more accurately the failure of the masonry to perform, has often been assigned to the inadequacy of one of the components of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author E A Laycock* & T Yates** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Abstract Work was carried out on the validation of the test to measure expansion due to sulfate. The work involved the manufacture of a series of three clay brick...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author J.P. FORTH and J.J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract The long-term irreversible moisture expansion in clay brickwork is thought to be the result of chemical reactions between adsorbed water and the amorphous silica, y-aiumina and the glass phase of the clay...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author A N Fried, J J Roberts and A Yool Kingston University Abstract The use of the methylene blue dye test to determine the extent of harmful material in building sands is now included in draft European Standards [I]. When the test is carried out on building sands...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author Jeffrey A. Laman*, Thomas E. Boothby* and James W. Bintrim** * The Pennsylvania Slate University, USA** HDR, Pittsburgh, USA Abstract Dynamic testing has been applied to four late nineteenth-century primitive stone arch bridges, located in Hunter don County,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author G. Frunzio, A. Gesualdo and M. Monaco Dipartimento di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Universita di Napoli FEDERICO Abstract The case of biaxially stressed masonry occurs in a large number of walls subjected to complex systems of in-plane loads. Masonry is a...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author PAULO B. LOURENCO University o/Minho, Portugal Abstract Key aspects regarding the modelling of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading are presented, including through thickness integration, comparison with experimental data on masonry strength and yield-line...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI AND S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigation into the cyclic behaviour of half-scale brick masonry under biaxial compression – tension was conducted. A total of thirty-two square panels was...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author D. LANGE-KORNBAK Danish Building Research Institute, Hctrsholm Abstract High strength mortars are commonly used to improve the strength of masonry but with limited or no gain in the load-carrying and deformation capacity. This is explained in the paper by the...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author MM. REDA, and N.G. SIIRIVE Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Calgary Abstract Masonry often suffers from weak bond and low flexural strength. Thus, consistently better bond and bond strength would improve masonry. Noting I he presence of lime...
