Author MAURO SASSU University of Pisa, Italy Abstract The residual stresses arising in solid clay bricks during firing and cooling have been studied utilizing three different extensometer techniques: the complete cutting method to reveal the overall distribution of...
Author P.C.F. BEKKER Former Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology Abstract This paper discusses how to arrange durability testing in such a way that the results constitute a proper basis for an unequivocal...
Author ELIZABETH VINTZILEOU National Technical University of Athens Abstract The attainment of compressive strength of masonry is followed by a practically vertical falling branch. This undesirable behaviour may lead to disintegration of plain masonry subjected to...
Author R.C.DE VEKEY*, G.HICKSON** AND J.SKANDAMOORTHY* *Building Research Establishment **Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Association Abstract There is considerable interest in the concept of a cavity party wall (separating wall) for domestic housing built with...
Author A.R.M.MUNIRUZZAMAN, A.W.PAGE and P.W.KLEEMAN The University of Newcastle NSW Abstract Masonry structures are susceptible to damage when subjected to external effects such as foundation movements due to mine subsidence, swelling and shrinkage of reactive soils,...
Author K.F. HANSEN Danish Building Research Institute Abstract Tensile flexural strength and ductility are important properties of masonry walls. In this paper these properties are investigated by means of deformation controlled tests with bending of masonry walls,...
Author J.F. ROBINSON*, A. THAVALINGAM*, D.A. PONNIAH* AND N. BICANIC ** * School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Edinburgh ** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow Abstract This paper presents some of the results from an...
Author R.A. Laycock* and T. Yatcs** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Ltd Abstract Freeze/thaw performance, or more accurately the failure of the masonry to perform, has often been assigned to the inadequacy of one of the components of...
Author E A Laycock* & T Yates** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Abstract Work was carried out on the validation of the test to measure expansion due to sulfate. The work involved the manufacture of a series of three clay brick...
Author J.P. FORTH and J.J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract The long-term irreversible moisture expansion in clay brickwork is thought to be the result of chemical reactions between adsorbed water and the amorphous silica, y-aiumina and the glass phase of the clay...
Author A N Fried, J J Roberts and A Yool Kingston University Abstract The use of the methylene blue dye test to determine the extent of harmful material in building sands is now included in draft European Standards [I]. When the test is carried out on building sands...
Author Jeffrey A. Laman*, Thomas E. Boothby* and James W. Bintrim** * The Pennsylvania Slate University, USA** HDR, Pittsburgh, USA Abstract Dynamic testing has been applied to four late nineteenth-century primitive stone arch bridges, located in Hunter don County,...
Author G. Frunzio, A. Gesualdo and M. Monaco Dipartimento di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Universita di Napoli FEDERICO Abstract The case of biaxially stressed masonry occurs in a large number of walls subjected to complex systems of in-plane loads. Masonry is a...
Author PAULO B. LOURENCO University o/Minho, Portugal Abstract Key aspects regarding the modelling of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading are presented, including through thickness integration, comparison with experimental data on masonry strength and yield-line...
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI AND S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigation into the cyclic behaviour of half-scale brick masonry under biaxial compression – tension was conducted. A total of thirty-two square panels was...
Author D. LANGE-KORNBAK Danish Building Research Institute, Hctrsholm Abstract High strength mortars are commonly used to improve the strength of masonry but with limited or no gain in the load-carrying and deformation capacity. This is explained in the paper by the...
Author MM. REDA, and N.G. SIIRIVE Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Calgary Abstract Masonry often suffers from weak bond and low flexural strength. Thus, consistently better bond and bond strength would improve masonry. Noting I he presence of lime...
Author T.G. HUGHES*, M.C.R. DA VIES**, P.R. TAUNTON* AND P.O. BURROUGHS* * Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University * *Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee Abstract Masonry testing has been undertaken using scaled models for many years. These...
Author JORGE I. CRUZ-DIAZ*, ALAIN SELLIER*, BRUNO CAPRA*, PATRICK DELMOTTE** PHILIPPE RIVILLON**, AHMED MEBARKI* *Laboratoire de Genie Civil et Urbanisme, Universite de Marne-la-Vallee 2, Rue Albert Einstein, Cite Descartes, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne ** Centre...
Author Miklos Molnar Division of Structural Engineering, Lund University, Sweden Abstract The recent development of numerical methods to predict cracking of masonry due to loading by shear and in-plane horizontal tension has led to quite complex models with limited...
