The documents listed below are now available as an advance warning copy of the BS EN implementation. Customers purchasing ratified text documents will automatically receive a copy of the official BS EN implementation document on publication. Ratified text documents...
The following standards of interest to readers have now been published, and are available from BSI: The following standards of interest to readers have now been published, and are available from BSI: BS EN 12269: Determination of the bond behaviour between reinforcing...
Drafts of these documents were presented at a workshop at the Institution of Structural Engineers on 7 July 2004. For further information on implementing the Eurocodes go to: www.odpm.gov.uk and www.eurocodes.co.uk In addition to commissioning the National Strategy...
A new guide has been launched by BSI to introduce all students of civil engineering, structural engineering and structural design to the Structural Eurocodes. This publication will aid undergraduates in their understanding of the principles of the ten Eurocodes. BSI...
An authoritative account of the test methods for ceramic products used in construction. Edited by Professor Geoff Edgell Head, Ceram Building Technology, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Visiting Professor , School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds. Hardback 256p c.£55.00...
Retitled paperback edition by Cassell in association with Peter Crawley, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd. Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2 0BB. August 2004. 207 pages. Price £25. ISBN 0-304-36667-6 (paperback) The key to the intention and content...
Author KAMIŃSKI, KRZYSZTOF1 Abstract An extensive research program followed in order to find out whether pore fluid that accumulates in masonry as a result of hygroscopic sorption shows a tendency of rising. Observations of changes of mass moisture, the amount of...
Author J. D. STOKLE and A. J. BELL UMIST, Manchester Abstract The work was undertaken to investigate the extern of frame-action in structures of plain masonry walls and reinforced concrete floor slabs, when (he relative-stiffness of the slabs to the walls was varied....
Author A. HUIZER and R. L. DAY The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Abstract The use of mini-computers can greatly simplify test methods and data acquisition procedures. However, data analysis after acquisition can be inconvenient because access is frequently...
Author M. E. PHIPPS and T. I. MONTAGUE University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology Abstract The paper describes full scale tests on four concrete blockwork diaphragm walls, twelve square hollow section beams and seven I section beams. Two of the...
Author Reijo Yla-Mattila Technical Research Centre of Finland Abstract In a Finnish winter there are many freezing and thawing cycles with temperatures at times as low as -30°C. Bricks, mortars and renderings may fail. Chimneys may corrode or fail in frost due to...
Author F. M. Khalaf* University of Edinburgh, Scotland Abstract A two-dimensional finite element analysis was used to study the behaviour of unfilled, partially and completely filled single-block specimens and two-block prisms axially loaded parallel to the bed faces,...
Author R. C. DE VEKEY and R. LOVEGROVE Building Research Establishment, Garston. Abstract Most UK standards for masonry units measure compliance with strength specifications using the mean result of destructive tests on a sample of 10, randomly selected from a batch...
Author A. W. PAGE*, N. G. SHRIVE# & E. L. JESSOP# * University of Newcastle, Australia #University ofCalgary, Canada Abstract Masonry design codes typically allow the enhancement of masonry strength beneath a concentrated load due to the strengthening effect of...
Author T. P. LEES Taywood Engineering Limited Abstract Mortars can be chemically analysed to give the exact mix proportions of solid ingredients only when the materials in the mortar are known and the sampling and analysis are of excellent quality. The limitations and...
Author DAVID GAIRNS University of Melbourne COLIN ANDERSON and ANTON FRIED South Bank Polytechnic, London Abstract In the U.K. the characteristic flexural strength of masonry may be determined either by reference to tables in BS 5628 or by test. In Australia similar...
Author G. J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Limited Stoke-on-Trent, England Abstract This review of the literature shows the effects of various factors on the flexural strength of brick masonry. The ratios of the strengths of 1:1:6 mortar to stronger mortars are...
Author C. ANDERSON South Bank Polytechnic, London Abstract A unique technique for testing masonry waits under transverse lateral load is described and the results of tests on more than 80 single leaf and cavity walls of various configurations are discussed. Methods of...
Author R. C.DEVEKEY Building Research Establishment, Watford, England Abstract A full sized model limber-framed house structure has been subject to a static lateral face load simulating long period wind gust loading on its end gable by use of air bags inflated against...
Author S. DAVIES and H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract Compressive strength and modulus of elasticity have been determined on brickwork built in four bonds using nine types of solid, perforated and frogged bricks. The results of a preliminary...
