Author P. R. BINGEL Leeds Metropolitan University and J. J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract Stress relaxation and creep are reported for clay masonry units. Using different analytical methods developed from concrete technology, relaxation is predicted from the...
Author AHMAD SABHA Technical University of Dresden Abstract The investigation deals with the structural behaviour of ashlar-like masonry and the determination of its bearing capacity. The use of the elastic characteristics in an elastic analysis leads to transverse...
Author C. MELBOURNE and M. WAGSTAFF Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract As part of the nationwide research programme three brickwork multi-span arch bridges were constructed and tested. Each structure consisted of three nominally identical two ring segmental...
Author C. MELBOURNE and M. GILBERT Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract A series of tests on large scale model multi-ring brickwork arch bridges has been undertaken in order to determine the significance of ring separation on their behaviour. Ring separation...
Author A.W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract There is considerable current interest in stone masonry buildings in relation to conservation and repair. Two categories of these buildings can be distinguished, first those which can be considered to consist of...
Author DAVID COOK University of Bath Abstract Results of a field study of settlement and deformations in three Georgian terraces in Bath and a post-1960 four storey flat block in Grangemouth, Scotland are given. In all cases they are founded on a compressible subsoil....
Author KURT ZEUS Otto-Graf-Institut, Stuttgart Abstract Concrete block masonry has considerable resistance to shrinkage cracking if it has been built correctly with units of low moisture content. Depending on the process of manufacture and the method and time of...
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...
