Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author STEPHEN GARVIN, BRE Scottish Laboratory Abstract The use of lightweight materials is one way of achieving the thermal insulation requirements of walls and autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) products have several advantages. However, some cases of cracking of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author MAURIZIO ANGELILLO Universita di Salerno and RENATO SANTE OLIVITO Universita della Calabria Abstract The adherence of a masonry-like (no tension) model is verified by comparing the theoretical predictions for horizontally loaded brick panels with the...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author G.K. BOWLER London Brick Company Limited W.H. HARRISON Glebe Research Services M.E. GAZE and A.D. RUSSELL Building Research Establishment Abstract A durability teat, based on one developed at the Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) laboratory to...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author D.W. HOBBS*, M.A.ADAM^ and M.SEHMAR+ *British Cement Association, ^Consultant, +Formerly BCA Abstract Studies to compare the durability performance of building mortars prepared using a number of cements with and without limestone additions have been in progress...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author B.P. SINHA University of Edinburgh Abstract Eight full size beams with a brick bonding arrangement very similar to that used for pocket type walls, 2.5 bricks wide and one brick thick, were prestressed normal to the bedjoints and tested to fail in shear. The...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author R.C.DE VEKEY, Building Research Establishment PROFESSOR A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, NSW and E.G.HEDSTROM National Concrete Masonry Association, USA Abstract The bond wrench has been in use for several years for laboratory research on bond, and more...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 08
Author M.A. ADAMS Consultant and D.W. HOBBS British Cement Association Abstract Bond strength results obtained using the crossed couplet and wallette test methods are reported on 1:6 air entrained cement.sand mortars prepared using two cements. The results are...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author S. GARVIN Building Research Establishment, Scotland Abstract There are estimated to be some 100,000 contaminated land sites in the UK resulting from the decline in heavy industry over the past 30 years. The extent and types of contamination may vary not only...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author K. RAMAMURTHY*, R. RADHAKRISHNAN** and G. RAJASEKHAR* * Indian Institute of Technology ** N.S.S. College of Engineering, Palghat Abstract For functional and aesthetic reasons masonry, in most applications, is plastered either on one or both sides. A review of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author P. CHRISTIANSEN Building Technology, Masonry Centre, Denmark Abstract One of the most important parameters for the design of masonry using yield-line theory is the flexural strength. Codes normally prescribe only one set of values independent of the parameters...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author THOMAS E. BOOTHBY The Pennsylvania State University Abstract The upper and lower bound theorems of plasticity have been shown to apply to the limit states analysis of the masonry arch. To apply the lower bound theorem, it suffices to find a distribution of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author H. H. KNUTSSON and J. NIELSEN Danish Building Research Institute Abstract The theory of elasticity is often applied to the design of masonry structures. For such applications it is necessary to know the modulus of elasticity and the ultimate strength. It has...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author T.G. HUGHES and R.J. HARVEY University of Wales, Cardiff Abstract Strains measured in a highly stressed internal wall of a nine storey structural brick masonry tower block are reported over a period of some 6000 d. Both mechanical and vibrating wire acoustic...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author G. MOUNAJED and J.D. MERLET Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, France Abstract This paper deals with reinforced masonry structures of hollow units with reinforcement embedded in the horizontal joints. An experimental campaign is being finalized with...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author W A Ferguson Building Research Establishment Abstract The screw pull-out test has been developed to provide a simple and inexpensive method of assessing the quality of building mortar and units used in masonry. The tests reported have been carried out on a...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author ROB VAN DER PLUIJM TNO Building and Construction Research/Eindhoven University of Technology Abstract Numerical evaluations of flexural and tensile bond tests are presented. An important conclusion is that cross-couplet testing is not reliable since too many...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 09
Author I.S. COLE, A. BRADBURY and W. GANTHER CS1RO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering, Australia Abstract Two constant humidity/salt dose tests are performed on metal ties embedded in mortar and openly exposed plates. Conditions of the tests represent...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 10
Author LUIGIA BINDA, CLAUDIA TIRABOSCHI and SILVIA ABBANEO Politechnico di Milano, Italy Abstract In the last decade or so the characterization of masonry materials by mechanical tests has been much discussed and tests proposed for masonry units, mortars and for...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 10
Author A.T.VERMELTFOORT University of Technology Eindhoven Abstract The design of loadbearing masonry structures requires a detailed knowledge of the mechanical properties of the bricks for the project under consideration. Loadbearing masonry is largely subjected to...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 10
Author A.W. PAGE, J. KAUTTO, P.W. KLEEMAN The University of Newcastle, NSW Abstract Wall ties are an essential component of cavity or veneer walls. The behaviour of these walls is complex and a function of the relative stiffness of the outer and inner leaves, the...
