Author B. V. VENKATARAMA REDDY and J. S. JAGADISH Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Abstract This paper deals with the strength and modulus of elasticity of soil-cement block masonry, both dry and wet, the effect of the strength of five cement: mortar mixes using...
Author L. BINDA and G. BARONIO Politecnico di Milano Abstract Strengthening masonry by grouting is widely used in Italy and some other European countries particularly in seismic areas to repair ancient and decayed buildings. A number of masonry prisms previously...
Author J. R. SOUTHERN and C. M. STIRLING Building Research Establishment, Scottish Laboratory. Abstract Walls of different masonry materials facing from ESE through S to WSW were insulated internally between battens and provided with a vapour check. Condensation was...
Author W. H. HARRISON and M. E. GAZE Building Research Establishment, Garston Abstract Small specimens of mortar made by normal brick-laying techniques were subjected to wet/dry, freeze/thaw cycles to simulate severe exposure. Variables included two different types of...
Author U. B. CHOUBEY and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract An experimental programme was carried out to investigate the response of brick masonry under cyclic compressive loading. The tests on brick masonry of half brick thicknesses have been...
Author B. KRALJ Jugoturbina-Institut, Yugoslavia and J. MIDDLETON and G. N. PANDE University College of Swansea Abstract This paper describes a new computational approach for the assessment of frost damage to brick masonry. Masonry is modelled as an equivalent...
Author P. W. KLEEMAN and A. W. PAGE University of Newcastle, N.S.W. Abstract The deformation properties of four different types of packing material used in compression testing — plywood, hardboard, fibreboard and particle board — have been tested in compression and...
Author W. TEMPLETON and G. J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract The draft ISO test method for the compressive strength of masonry units includes as alternatives two methods of pretreating the surfaces of units so they achieve the required tolerances —...
Author DAVID C. PAYNE*, DAVID S. BROOKS* and GEORGE SVED** *Kinhill Engineers Pty., Adelaide **University of Adelaide Abstract A method of analysis combining finite element and finite difference procedures has been developed to provide a means of predicting the...
Author T. P. GANESAN, P. KALAYANASUNDARAM and R. AMBALAVANAN Indian Institute of Technology, Madra Abstract A three-dimensional approach is desirable for accurate analysis of masonry walls having non-planar geometry and/or eccentric loadings. It is essential for the...
Author DAVID LENCZNER University of Wales College of Cardiff Abstract The paper presents a new method for calculating the build-up of stress in restrained brick masonry members in which free moisture expansion and stress relaxation are acting simultaneously. The...
Author R. SYM Sym Statistics Abstract Statistical methods are applied in quality control during production, by quality assurance Assessors using data collected by the manufacturer, and to satisfy the customers about particular consignments. To ensure that the same...
Author R. SYM Sym Statistics Abstract The limits on size in BS 3921 are based on information gathered approximately 40 years ago. To allow the appropriateness of these limits to today’s products to be assessed, a study of the dimensional deviations of clay...
Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste, Italy Abstract A comparison is made of the behaviour of masonry mortars, having different composition but similar workability, under repeated loadings of uniaxial compression with imposed maximum strain histories....
Author F. K. BIRJANDI British Cement Association and PROFESSOR M. C. FORDE University of Edinburgh Abstract Experimental work has been undertaken on the relationships between ultrasonic pulse velocity and age, and pulse velocity and compressive strength for mortar...
Author J. MORTON Brick Development Association and M. R. HORNE formerly Beyer Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Manchester Abstract A proposed new approach for the design of masonry members in compression has already been developed for loading within the...
Author NEIL TAYLOR Sheffield City Polytechnic Abstract A non-linear interpretation of the limit state behaviour of rectangular masonry sections subject to singly eccentric compressive forces is presented. The strain distribution across the section is taken to be...
Author E. M. F. NAGUIB Cairo University, Egypt and PROFESSOR G. T. SUTER Carleton University, Canada Abstract To help understand masonry cracking problems, study of the stress field inside a brick unit and a mortar joint under different types of loading is important....
