Author J.J. BROOKS and B.H. ABU BAKER University of Leeds Abstract The factors influencing the moduli of elasticity of mortar, bricks and masonry are reviewed in the light of recent research findings and, after establishing modulus/strength relationships for mortar...
Author S.STOCKL*, K.BECKHAUS* and TH.FRITSCHE Technische Universitat Munchen Lehrstuhl fur Massivbau (*formerly) Abstract The E-modulus of mortar depends to a high degree on llie test method used for measuring it. Differences up to 1 : 10 for the same mortar are shown...
Author D.W. HOBBS British Cement Association Abstract The results of a test programme to investigate the durability performance of building mortars are described. The binders tested were Portland cement, Portland cement and lime, masonry cement which incorporates an...
Author A.J.BELL, M.E.PHIPPS and I.MERCER UMIST Abstract The paper presents results from creep tests on five sub-frames made up from brick or concrete block masonry walls and concrete slabs and compares these results with those from eccentrically loaded walls in the...
Author MARK C.PHILLIPSON and ALASTAFR W.STUPART BRE Scottish Laboratory Abstract The surface temperatures of sample bricks have been monitored to identify the temperature at which latent heat effects occur, these being indicators of ice formation within the material....
Author JEAN CLAUDE MOREL*, KHOSROW GHAVAMI** AND ALI MESBAH* *DGCB-ENTPE **Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro Abstract It has been recognised that the presence of fibres in a soil matrix influences the composite ductility in compression to varying...
Author A.G. FYFE. J. MIDDLETON. G.N. PANDE Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, UK Abstract It is well known that the strength of masonry structures is affected, among other things, by material inconsistencies of its main constituents, that...
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...
