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Author S. TILLMAN and C. SOUTHCOMBE Polytechnic South West Abstract During the Autumn of 1987 a questionnaire was forwarded to various Engineering Consultants, Architects and Contractors. The purpose was to ascertain the situation concerning the current applications...
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Author M. E. PHIPPS and C. K. J. LAU University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Abstract Masonry walls and columns are increasingly constructed with built up geometric cross sections (that is, not solid and not necessarily rectangular). Normal design...
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Author T. G. HUGHES University of Wales, College of Cardiff and R. J. BRIDLE Consultant Abstract The paper considers the necessary requirements for the determination of the material properties of the voussoirs of masonry arches. The variation in ultimate load...
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Author C. MELBOURNE Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract There are in excess of 60,000 arch bridges in the UK, many with brickwork barrels. All carry loads well in excess of those envisaged by their designers. A nationwide research programme aims to improve...
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Author S. R. DAVIES University of Edinburgh Abstract For the design of short reinforced masonry columns BS 5628 gives three cases, I for low values of axial load, 2 the general case and 3 an alternative to Case 2 for large eccentricities. Interaction diagrams have...
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Author MICHAEL S. CHILDERS* and TERENCE A. WEIGEL** *Luckett & Farley, Architects/Engineers, Louisville, Ky. **Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisville, Ky Abstract A program which permits the user to design interactively a tow-rise hollow...
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Author G. J. EDGELL, J. F. GOODWIN, British Ceramic Research Limited and J. D. SAUNDERS Ryarsh Brick Company Abstract The introduction of joints between supports in brickwork walls to accommodate in-plane movement leads to a reduction in the resistance of the walls to...
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Author M. Z. GHAZALI, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia J. R. RIDDINGTON and A. H. GAMBO University of Sussex Abstract A finite element program is described capable of predicting the shear strength of brick masonry subjected to combined shear and...
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Author J. J. BROOKS and C. S. ABDULLAH University of Leeds Abstract Creep and shrinkage of frogged calcium silicate bricks and cement.lime mortar specimens have been measured over a period of 200 d, all specimens being partially sealed to equivalent volume/ surface...
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Author D. LENCZNER University of Wales College of Cardiff Abstract The paper discusses the results of the creep tests on I-section members and a solid pier built with a Fletton brick and a 1:1/4:3 mortar. The geometries of the I-section members were assumed to be...
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Author J. J. BROOKS and M. A. AMJAD University of Leeds Abstract Compressive strength and modulus of elasticity of various sizes of specimens of calcium silicate brick and concrete block masonry have been determined together with corresponding properties of units. For...
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Author S. W. GARRITY and T. G. GARWOOD Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract A prestressed brickwork diaphragm wall, representing part of a full size highway bridge abutment, and a similarly constructed reaction wall of larger cross-section were built on a...
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Author K. FISHER Redland Bricks Limited B, A. HASELT1NE and B. HUMPHRIES Jenkins and Potter Abstract Plain freestanding brick walls have only a limited resistance to lateral loading. By altering the shape of a wall and/or by adding reinforcement, this resistance can...
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Author K. S. NARAINE and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract This paper examines the energy dissipation characteristics of brick masonry tested under uniaxial cyclic compressive loading. The energy dissipated per cycle of loading/unloading is...
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Author K. S. NARAINE and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract This paper presents a geometrical model for the uniaxial compressive behaviour of brick masonry. The model utilises several focal points in the uniaxial stress-strain plane that are...
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Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste Abstract Experimental studies on the brick-mortar joint shear behaviour of a three-brick specimen including the effects of normal load value and shear load history are presented. Monotonic and cyclic shear strength...
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Author L. BINDA*, G. BARONIO*. *Politecnico di Milano L. ANTI** and A. ANZANI** **Architects, Milan Abstract Weathering of masonry materials in ancient buildings, occurs in ail European countries. It may be accelerated by pollution, but it is also frequently caused by...
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Author J. B. MENZIES* and J, F. A. MOORE Building Research Establishment, Garston Abstract The British Masonry Society (BMS) was formed in 1986 to bring together all the many people and organisations that share a keen interest in the use of all forms of masonry...
