Author HARTWIG M. KUNZEL Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics, Holzkirchen Abstract Exterior thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS), in the US called exterior insulation finish systems (EIFS), provide heat insulation and moisture protection of building...
Author TOM MCNEILLY Consultant Architect Abstract The Victorian government has regulated that new houses have an energy efficiency rating determined by computer simulation. Alternatively, ceiling, wall and floor elements must achieve R Values that require the...
Author V.M. GORPINCHENKO and M.O. PAVLOVA Abstract Increasing the designed thermal resistance of building walls in compliance with the Decision of the Russian Federation Minstroy and New Construction Standards and Regulations “Constructional...
Author C. MELBOURNE* and L. WEEKES** * University of Salford ** NNC Ltd Abstract The paper describes a series of large scale laboratory tests on three span brickwork jack arches. This form of construction was very popular in the 19th Century and in the early part of...
Author R.C.DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract There is a dearth of data on the performance of contemporary masonry wall forms in fire, in an earlier BRE project the known database was reviewed, many of the newer watt materials and arrangements were...
Author R.J. COLLINS* DJ. HARRIS** and W. SPARKES** * BRE **Kingsway Technology Ltd Abstract Suspended floor systems constructed from inverted precast concrete T-beams with precast concrete block infill elements are a newly expanding market. Infill blocks offer a low...
Author ROBERTO CAPOZUCCA University of Ancona Abstract In this paper the collapse load response of a brickwork barrel vault model is analysed. The model reproduces a real historical polycentric brickwork vault. The numerical method of analysis by F.E.M. may be adapted...
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI and S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Tests were conducted on model scale brick masonry panels having the same cross-sectional area, but different heights. Uniform, uniaxial, cyclic compressive stresses were applied to...
Author CHR MAYRHOFER Fraunhofer-lnstitut fur Kurzzeitdynamik Abstract Masonry walls change brittteness and gain ductility with reinforcement in the bed joint. The dynamic force enhancement is ore than a factor of 4 compared to unreinforced brickwork. Reinforced...
Author G C MANOS, B YASIN and J THAUMPTA Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Abstract Summary results from in-situ tests on the dynamic response of a 5 storey r.c building in an area of high seismicity are given. The building is 3,5m by 3.5m in plan and 5m high...
Author G.C. MANOS, B. YASIN and J. THAUMPTA Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Abstract A programme to examine the performance of partially reinforced masonry piers when subjected to seismic loading is described. This paper includes some preliminary results employing...
Author G. MAGENES and A. DELLA FONTANA University of Pavia Abstract A method for the simplified non-linear seismic analysis (pushover) of unreinforced masonry buildings is presented and discussed. The method is based on an equivalent frame idealization of multistorey...
Author A. BACCI and V. LAUDAZI Accademia Navale, Livorno Abstract A simple model is proposed able to evaluate the cyclic degradation of a masonry structure, based only on the measurement of the speed propagation of sonic waves. The masonry material is regarded as a...
Author MATTHEW GILBERT* TOM MOLYNEAUX** and BRIAN HOBBS*** * University of Sheffield **UniveTsity of Liverpool***University of Teesside Abstract A three-dimensional non-linear finite element modelling approach suitable for describing the response of unreinforced...
Author AHMAD SABHA TV Dresden Abstract The proof of structural safety for historic masonry buildings and the evaluation of their bearing capacity according to current codes leads often to underestimation of their actual existing strength. In order to avoid this...
Author JAN KUBICA Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland Abstract The paper deals the analysis of problems with the calculation of masonry shear walls. National standards usually only give general information on analysis of shear walls and only concern...
Author JAN KUBICA Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland Abstract The problems of analysis of stiffening walls of buildings are connected with shearing in the horizontal and vertical directions. Protection of buildings against vertical shear loads is still...
Author KLAVS FEILBERG HANSEN Danish Building Research Institute Abstract The results of 16 deformation controlled tests with bending of masonry walls about axes perpendicular to the bed joints are presented. The objective of the tests was to investigate the failure...
Author J.R. RIDDINGTON, P. JUKES and P.J.B. MORRELL University of Sussex Abstract Many different types of direct tension and flexural tests for determining bond strength have been developed over the years. In this paper the results from finite element analyses of many...
Author RENATO MASIANI and PATRIZIA TROVALUSCI Universita di Roma La Sapienza Abstract A micropolar continuum equivalent to discrete systems of rigid particles interacting two by two is proposed. It can represent the behaviour of brick/block masonry as well as jointed...
