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Author C. ANDERSON and L. C. HELD South Bank Polytechnic Abstract In a pilot project two types of mortar made with four different sands were tested using clay engineering, calcium silicate and some common clay bricks. Properties of the materials are examined. Bond...
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Author R. LOVEGROVE and R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford, UK Abstract When a method for determining a property of a material has been established it is important to check that any changes do not alter, to any practical extent, the...
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Author S. K. ARORA* and H. R. HODGKINSON** *Building Research Establishment **British Ceramic Research Association Abstract Durability of brickwork depends on the initial properties of the constituent materials, external atmospheric environment, and design details....
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Author R. E. HOBBS* and K. J. EJSKJAER** *Imperial College **Tileman & Co. Ltd. Abstract The largest stresses in sectional flue linings in brickwork are normally the bending stresses caused by temperature gradients through the lining often causing lining failure...
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Author J. J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract Creep and moisture movement strain of calcium silicate brickwork walls over a period of 300 days are compared with identical walls constructed from a Fletton brick. Established methods of estimating elastic and...
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Author J. J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract Based on composite model theory, expressions are developed to predict elastic strain, creep and moisture movement in single-leaf brickwork walls constructed from two types of brick: calcium silicate and Fletton. The...
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Author T. P. LEES Cement and Concrete Association and G. K. BOWLER London Brick Company Limited Abstract The chemical reactions occurring between sulphates and Portland cement mortars, and the factors which lead to the occurrence of sulphate attack are considered. The...
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Author H. R. GANZ and B. THURLIMANN Institute of Structural Engineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland Abstract Current Swiss design practice for masonry shear walls is based on the comparison of stresses calculated elastically with...
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Author C. J.CAVANAGH Property Services Agency formerly of British Ceramic Research Association G. J.EDGELL British Ceramic Research Association R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Station Abstract Single leaf clay brickwork and concrete blockwork storey height partition...
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Author I.M. MAY and S. Y. MA University of Warwick and P. A. C.SIMS Building Research Establishment Abstract This paper presents a design method for infilled panels subjected to inplane shear based on Limit Analysis. The infill material is assumed to be unreinforced...
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Author F, SAWKO Unversity of Liverpool and M. A. ROUF Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dacca. Abstract The paper derives from first principles analytical expressions for axial and bending stiffness properties of masonry walls exhibiting a parabolic...
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Author H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Association B. A. HASELTINE Jenkins and Potter Abstract Structural testing was carried out ancilliary to the building of a pair of semi-detached Single-Leaf Insulated Masonry {SLIM) houses. The compressive and flexural...
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Author G. J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Association Limited and R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract Contemporary changes in both methods of construction and materials in domestic housing necessitate review of the empirical rules of design. A...
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Author R.C.deVEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract In a collaborative programme involving BRE and the brick and AAC block industries, the performance of a full scale masonry house is being investigated at the laboratory of the British Ceramic Research...
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Author J. TELLETT Structural Clay Products Limited formerly of British Ceramic Research Association Abstract For many centuries arches were built by trial and error because their complex behaviour was not understood. The developments of the structural principles which...
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Author J.TELLETT Structural Clay Products (formerly of British Ceramic Research Association Ltd.) H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Association Ltd. Abstract Arcades are often lightly loaded slender-structures used as architectural features. The stability of...
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Author C. J.CAVANAGH Property Services Agency (formerly of British Ceramic Research Association) W. F. WEBB and H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Association Abstract In-situ lateral load tests were carried out on two walls of an old building and the failure...
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Author S. R. DAVIES and A. W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract A comparison is made between experimental and theoretical results for reinforced masonry beams using different stress block representations. All the experimental results are able to be plotted on...
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Author G. SUTER Carleton University, Ottawa H.KELLER Suter Keller Inc., Ottawa and K. K. LIM Carleton University, Ottawa Abstract Masonry design in Canada currently employs a working stress design approach. The need for a limit state design approach has been...
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Author C. APPLETON and C. SOUTHCOMBE Abstract Full-scale cross bonded brickwork beams containing varying percentages of tensile reinforcement were tested. The validity of a simplified analytical model to predict the beam’s performance is considered. Present...
