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Author R. C. DE VEKEY*, G. J. EDGELLt and R. DUKES** *Building Research Establishment, Garston, UK **British Ceramic Research Limited, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Abstract The current British Standard for sands for masonry mortars includes an S (structural) grade and a finer G...
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Author E. KJAER The Danish Brick and Lime Laboratory Abstract As masonry walls become more slender the adhesion between bricks and mortar is more important. Tests have been carried out to determine the flexural strength of wallettes made from 16 clay brick types and...
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Author TERENCE A. WEIGEL University of Louisville, Kentucky Abstract In 1988, a new code, covering the design of both clay and concrete masonry, was introduced in the United States. This code replaced a variety of existing codes, one of which addressed the design of...
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Author R. S. NARAYANAN S. B. Tietz & Partners J. MORTON Brick Development Association Abstract The Brick Development Association commissioned S. B. Tietz & Partners to conduct a parametric design study of a 10-storey building. Using EC6 and BS 5628 the study...
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Author S. K. ARORA Building Research Establishment, Garston and M. J. BLACKLER Mott MacDonald Group Abstract The European Commission has issued draft Eurocodes (EC) for the design of structures which need to be subjected to national examination and comment by the UK...
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Author G. J. EDGELL*, R. C. DE VEKEY** and R. DUKES* *British Ceramic Research Limited **Building Research Establishment Abstract Storey height and half-storey height walls, wallettes and stack bonded prisms were built in one of seven bricks, four blocks and three...
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Author F. M. KHALAF University of Technology, Baghdad and A. W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract Methods of testing masonry materials are currently under review as a result of the development of internationally valid codes of practice such as Eurocode 6. The...
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Author FRANCIS DRAN Chief Engineer of the Building Section, CERIC, France Abstract The formula in EC6 for the characteristic strength of masonry calculated from the unit and mortar strengths does not agree with the results of tests already carried out in France on...
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Author J. SCHWARTZ*, B. THURLIMANN* and C. WEDERt •Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich tVSL International Concrete Expert, Switzerland Abstract The new Swiss Standard SIA V 177/2 covers the design of clay, calcium-silicate and concrete unit walls under...
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Author A. W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract One of the basic problems in the design of masonry structures is the calculation of the strength of walls under compressive load. This paper discusses the various aspects of this problem with particular reference to...
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Author N. J. BRIGHT Kingsway Group plc, Chairman CEN TC 125 Abstract European masonry standards have to be produced to meet the six Essential Requirements of the Construction Products Directive of the European Commission. Technical Committee TC 125 — Masonry was set...
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Author B. A. HASELTINE Abstract The development of international design codes for masonry is described, starting with CIB in 1980, culminating in Eurocode 6 and ISO DP 9652 in 1989. The content of EC6 is briefly detailed and current intentions regarding implementation...
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Author J. MORTON Brick Development Association Abstract Traditional walls have been designed successfully using the guidance in B.S. Codes of Practice successive revisions of which have improved structural efficiency. The code is somewhat empirical in its approach...
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Author T. N. GANJU Curtin University of Technology, Perth, W.A. Abstract A calculation procedure for the analysis of a semi-rigid load bearing masonry frame is proposed. The degree of fixity is computed from the change in rotation occurring at a slab wall joint, due...
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Author L. R. BAKER Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria and S. J. LAWRENCE CSIRO, Sydney, N.S.W. Abstract The first masonry code in Australia was published in 1963, by the Standards Association of Australia (S.A.A.) and applied to unreinforced concrete blockwork only....
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Author A. H. P. MAURENBRECHER National Research Council of Canada Abstract Small hollow block wallettes subjected to an eccentric compressive load (out of plane) show unexpectedly low failure loads when the eccentricities at the top and bottom of the wallette are...
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Author N. G. SHRIVE and A. HUIZER University of Calgary Abstract Understanding of interfacial effects between the components of composites is essential and masonry and concrete are materials which are not completely understood, Photoelastic techniques have been used...
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Author G. T. SUTER*, R. G. DRYSDALE** and H. KELLER* *Suter Keller Inc., Ottawa **McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Abstract Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation initiated a number of major research studies to provide information for (he improved use of the...
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Author A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, NSW N. G, SHRIVE University of Calgary, Canada Abstract Concentrated toads are applied to masonry from a variety of sources. Masonry design codes typically allow for the enhancement of masonry strength beneath a concentrated...
