Author RENATE NOLLER Berlin Abstract Bricks have always been a very common building material, consequently it is frequently necessary to know how to restore old brickwork. The durability of the material is dependent on the weathering effects to which it is exposed. In...
Author D. KASTEN and W. EDEN Bundesverband Kalksandsteinindustrie e. V., Hanover. Abstract The DIN 106 method and apparatus for determining the frost resistance of calcium silicate facing units is described. Research at the Technical institute of the German Calcium...
Author R.C. de VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract Since 1978 there has been a codified method for designing walls to resist lateral out-of-piane loads in BS5628:Part I[l) which is based substantially on empirical data for 28d old laboratory specimens....
Author E.N. CANER SALTIK Middle East Technical University Ankara and I. SCHUMANN and L. FRANKE Techniche Universitat Hamburg-Harburg Abstract Assessment of salt damage is important for the conservation of brick structures. Some earlier findings on salt crystallization...
Author V.L. CHONG and C. SOUTHCOMBE University of Plymouth and I.M. MAY Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Abstract The effects of openings an laterally loaded masonry panels has received scant attention. This investigation as a whole involves laboratory testing of 18...
Author A.L.M. MAUROOF and M. QAMARUDDIN Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Abstract In general, masonry construction in developing countries uses burnt clay bricks. Many are distorted due to manufacturing faults but they are used because they are cheaper. This study is...
Author M.E. PHIPPS, A.J. BELL and T. SWAILES University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Abstract The paper describes the preliminary results of a large programme of tests on masonry columns of geometric cross section. A description of the test method...
Author C. A. FUDGE and G. R. SARGEANT Kingsway Group plc Abstract As part of a wider programme examining the CF.N test method for the determination of masonry compressive strength using walletles, the effect of one weaker AAC block in the five or six forming the...
Author G.J.EDGELL, British Ceramic Research Limited and S.K.ARORA and R.C.DE VEKEY Building Research Establshment Abstract This paper is an analysis of results of compressive tests on masonry units, mortars, walls, wallettes and stack bonded prisms. The results are...
Author A.J. VALSANGKAR, J.L. DAWE and C.K. SEAH Atlantic Masonry Research & Advisory Bureau, Inc. Abstract Cracking in a masonry panel may be due to several causes such as, temperature movement, drying shrinkage, foundation settlement, and excessive loading....
Author B. KRALJ, J. MIDDLETON and G.N. PANDE University College of Swansea Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the failure load of a solid masonry unit when it is compressed between two rigid platens glued at its ends. It is shown that the failure load is...
Author F.M. KHALAF Napier University and A.W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract Masonry codes under preparation by ISO and CEN are to use a formula for the calculation of characteristic compressive strength of masonry based on a reference or...
Author AW. FRIED Kingston University Abstract An experimental programme of work to examine the changes in neutral axis position in masonry joints under combinations of direct loads and bending moments was carried out. Piers, two units high, were constructed using four...
Author G.J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Limited Abstract The British Standard Code of Practice, BS5628:Part 1, allows a designer to enhance the stiffness of an inner leaf of a cavity wall loaded in compression to account for the increased resistance to lateral...
Author W.J. BERANEKand G.J. HOBBLEMAN University of Technology, Delft Abstract A new approach for modelling of brittle materials is suggested: (i) the continuum is replaced by a geometrical configuration of solid sph eres with small contact zones between them; (ii)...
Author JR. RIDDINGTON and P. JUKES University of Sussex Abstract A test method has been proposed that will allow the bond shear strength T0 and the coefficient of friction u of masonry joints to be measured using relatively simple apparatus. A programme is being...
Author AW. HENDRY University of Edinburgh and T.C. LIAUW University of Hong Kong Abstract A cooperative project between the Universities of Hong Kong and Edinburgh was set up in 1987 with the object of investigating possible means of increasing the effectiveness of...
Author R.D. FLANAGAN Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc and R.M. BENNETT University of Tennessee Abstract The effect of out-of-plane inter-storey drift on the in-plane capacity of unreinforced hollow day block infilled frames was evaluated by testing three large-scale...
Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste Abstract An experimental study of the behaviour of hollow clay brick masonry under monotonic racking toad with different levels of precompression is described. The specimens have been constructed with units having...
Author HILMAR WERNER SINUSTAT Building Systems, Berlin Abstract The SINUSTAT System is based on hollow calcium silicate building blocks which are designed to be laid stacked up without mortar thus saving the time of traditional bricklaying. Connections ensure precise...
