Author RICHARD GIVENS Buxton Lime Industries Limited Abstract As part of the development work in launching a new type of cement for use with masonry units and following the recommendations of BRE Digest 362, Buxton Lime Industries (BLI) subjected mortars made with the...
Author A.I.G.YOOL AND T.P.LEES Green Land Reclamation Ltd Abstract Mortars made with five building sands, with a range of methylene blue values and fines contents, were assessed for durability using a laboratory scale freeze thaw and sulfate attack test. Properties of...
Author P.F.G. Banfill Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Abstract Rheology can be applied to the workability of fresh mortars. The Viskomat is a commercial instrument which is capable of measuring their rheological properties to a high degree of discrimination and...
Author R A SMITH, Brick Development Association Abstract For construction products, the European single market is to be realised by the preparatio of harmonized technical specifications applicable in each and every country. The detailed drafting is being done by the...
Author E. GUNKLER TU Braunschweig Abstract Constructional measures for increasing the bending stability of masonry walls are presented. Existing masonry walls can be strengthened by reinforced or steel fibre reinforced supplementary coatings of PCC shotcrete mortar or...
Author M.FAORO SICOM GmbH, Cologne Abstract The material properties of high-performance glass fibre composite bars, relevant to their use as prestressed masonry anchor bolts are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the bond of the bars to conventional cement...
Author J.B. MANDER, J.M. BRACCI and A.M. REINHORN State University of New York at Buffalo Abstract This paper presents an evaluating and retrofitting design philosophy and a case study. A one third scale model of a three storey gravity designed reinforced concrete...
Author B. BIRD Whitby & Bird Abstract The two tower blocks of Gelston Point and Winterton House built at the end of the 1960’s utilised alt the latest ideas for speedy construction: calcium chloride to speed up setting up of the concrete; sprayed asbestos...
Author K. THOMAS Kenneth Thomas Associates Abstract The paper includes case studies of remedial works carried out in recent years and gives details of special brackets designed to support brick slips on concrete nibs; repairs to the concrete nibs with insufficient...
Author E. PAPA, L. BINDA Politecnico di Milan A. NAPPI University of Trieste Abstract Time-dependent effects in masonry were studied by experimental tests on small scale panels and on wallettes obtained from the ruins of a medieval building (Civic Tower of Pavia). The...
Author CHRISTIANE HAHN Technical University Braunschweig Abstract Present knowledge of the behaviour of masonry walls in fire is based mainly on the results of tests on room sized walls, loadbearing and non-loadbearing, with and without a separating function. A number...
Author HARRIE J. VEKEMANS Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven Abstract This paper gives further results of a continuing comparison of design rules in the European masonry codes: NEN6790, BS5628:Part 1. EC6, NBN B24-301, DIN 1053 Part 2 and S1A 177. The initial research...
Author A.L. TAYLOR. Acer Armand Safier and S.K. ARORA, Building Research Establishment Abstract The paper compares the calculation of the design resistance of masonry Halls according to the three codes for three of the most important conditions: vertical loadbearing...
Author S.K. ARORA Building Research Establishment and G.J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract The earlier assessments of EC6/!SO masonry codes showed that the rules for vertical load design gave highly conservative solutions requiring greater wall...
Author J. MORTON Brick Development Association Abstract In many codes, the reduction factors for plain masonry walls are derived from empirical equations which are considered to be the best fit to both the available experimental evidence and the various theoretical...
Author J.M. ADELL Madrid. Abstract The advantages of bedjoint reinforcement are summarised and the construction of the Adell Cavity Wall described. Examples of use in large apartment blocks and specialized structures are given.
Author J.J. ROBERTS Kingston University Abstract Thirty-eight reinforced concrete blockwork beams have been tested to failure using a two-point loading system. Single-course, two-courses and soldier-course beams were used to investigate the effect of the amount of...
Author N.C. SHRIVE and A. HUIZER University of Calgary Abstract Masonry diaphragm walls of two leaves are substantially stiffer and stronger than equivalent cavity walls. Post-tensioning can increase the stiffness and strength substantially, making them attractive for...
Author S.W. GARRITY University of Bradford and T.G. GARWOOD Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract A 1.565m deep prestressed brickwork diaphragm wall, representing part of a full size highway bridge abutment, was tested in the laboratory under the combined...
Author I. EL-SAIE, G.A. KHOURY, J.B. NEWMAN Imperial College, London Abstract This work was prompted by concern over the effectiveness of infitt concrete as protection to steel in reinforced masonry. C30F infill concrete as recommended in BS5628 was severely cracked...
