Author J. TELLETT Structural Clay Products (formerly of British British Ceramic Research Association Ltd.) and G. J.EDGELL British Ceramic Research Association Ltd. Abstract The shear behaviour of pocket type sections was simulated by testing fifteen beams under four...
Author A. J. NEWMAN Building Research Establishment. Abstract Four separate stages are identified in the mechanism of rain penetration. Workmanship is particularly important in construction of the outer leaf, so as to reduce the quantity of water passing into the...
Author J. TELLETT Structural Clay Products (formerly of British Ceramic Research Association Ltd.) G. J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Association Ltd. Abstract The results of six full scale walls tested in the laboratory are reported. The parameters under...
Author ALEX MISHULOVICH and BORIS DRAGUNSKY Chicago Concrete Consultants Abstract A method of inspecting masonry joints is described based on estimating their water permeability. The amount of water penetrating the selected portion of surface under constant controlled...
Author I. M. MAY University of Warwick and J. TELLETT Structural Clay Products (formerly British Ceramic Research Association) Abstract A non-linear finite element computer program has been used to analyse reinforced and unreinforced brickwork elements. The...
Author N. J. BRIGHT, J. D. SAUNDERS, and C. A. FUDGE Ryarsh Brick Limited Abstract The paper examines aspects of workmanship which particularly appertain to calcium silicate brickwork. The importance of adopting the correct mortar mix and consistency for strength and...
Author I. J. ROBSON, R. J. AMBROSE, R. HULSE Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic and J.MORTON Brick Development Association Abstract The results of tests on 18 simply supported post-tensioned prestressed brickwork beams with three different magnitudes of prestressing...
Author R. J. M. SUTHERLAND Harris and Sutherland, Consulting Engineers Abstract The adaptation of old masonry structures is posing increasing problems for designers and building control officers. To what extent is compressive stress relevant? How much effect has...
Author T. G. GARWOOD Bolton Institute of Higher Education Abstract Different brick bonding arrangements were used to construct four-post tensioned brickwork beams one of which was made up from a series of short pre-built piers. The prestressing force was provided by a...
Author A. W. HENDRY University of Edinburgh Abstract The paper discusses, on the basis of experimental results, the various workmanship factors which influence the strength of masonry. Most of the quantitative information relates to the compressive strength of...
Author N. ROUMANI and M. E. PHIPPS University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Abstract When a prestressed masonry diaphragm wall is laterally loaded it is subjected to the actions of bending moment, shear force and axial load. The combined effects...
Author F. McSWEENEY Ove Arup & Partners, Ireland Abstract In Ireland, far more concrete blockwork is used for walling than any other material. Site skill levels have tended to lag behind progress in materials and design standards. The paper includes factors which...
Author R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract BS5628: Part 2 for the design of reinforced and prestressed masonry allows the use of concrete and grout infill in small voids in masonry as a means of protecting carbon steel reinforcement. There are a...
Author W. G. CURTIN and G. SHAW Curtins, Consulting Engineers Abstract Brickwork and blockwork are strong in compression but weak in tension. They can be reinforced to carry the tensile stresses or prestressed to eliminate them. The problems which still come to light...
Author W. G. CURT1N and G. SHAW Curtins Consulting Engineers Abstract Poor workmanship is not necessarily caused by poor craftsmen but is often the result of poor site management and design office inadequacies. Structural masonry demands a higher standard of...
Author Some Aspects of Buildability of Concrete Blockwork Abstract The paper discusses the main workmanship problems of concrete blockwork and methods of use to reduce the problems. A case study of the successful advanced application of blockwork as a post tensioned...
Author S. ADAMS Curtins Consulting Engineers Abstract The designer has a positive role to play in achieving good workmanship, it is not sufficient to bemoan the disappearance of the traditional craftsman. The designer has it in his power to set a task which cannot be...
Author R. J. BALDWIN Willesden College of Technology Abstract In Part III of this paper, the craft of bricklaying is described together with the importance of its different elements. A distinction is made between those tasks that comprise the art and craft of...
Author M. HAMMETT The Brick Development Association Abstract Part II of this paper deals with the organization of building operations on site. This requires the identification of the designer’s intentions; the assessment of the resources of materials, manpower...
Author R. E. BRADSHAW Bradshaw Buckton and Tonge Abstract Designers do not automatically consider combining masonry as facing and structure together and exploiting a number of other qualities such as durability, resistance to vandalism, acid resistance and low...
