Lateral Loading Tests on Freestanding Walls
Author K. FISHER Redland Bricks Limited B, A. HASELT1NE and B. HUMPHRIES Jenkins and Potter Abstract Plain freestanding brick walls have only a limited resistance to lateral loading. By altering […]
Energy Dissipation in Brick Masonry under Cyclic Compressive Loading
Author K. S. NARAINE and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract This paper examines the energy dissipation characteristics of brick masonry tested under uniaxial cyclic compressive loading. […]
Axial and Bending Stiffness of Masonry Walls
Author F, SAWKO Unversity of Liverpool and M. A. ROUF Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dacca. Abstract The paper derives from first principles analytical expressions for axial and bending […]
Geometrical Model for Brick Masonry under Cyclic Compressive Loading
Author K. S. NARAINE and S. N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract This paper presents a geometrical model for the uniaxial compressive behaviour of brick masonry. The model […]
The Structural Testing of a SLIM House
Author H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Association B. A. HASELTINE Jenkins and Potter Abstract Structural testing was carried out ancilliary to the building of a pair of semi-detached Single-Leaf […]
Tests on Brick-Mortar Joints under Cyclic Shear Loads
Author C. AMADIO and S. RAJGELJ University of Trieste Abstract Experimental studies on the brick-mortar joint shear behaviour of a three-brick specimen including the effects of normal load value and […]
Robustness Tests on a Domestic House: Compressive Loading Tests on Walls
Author G. J. EDGELL British Ceramic Research Association Limited and R. C. DE VEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract Contemporary changes in both methods of construction and materials in domestic housing […]
Measurement of the Rate of Deterioration of Masonry Materials and of Conservation Treatments
Author L. BINDA*, G. BARONIO*. *Politecnico di Milano L. ANTI** and A. ANZANI** **Architects, Milan Abstract Weathering of masonry materials in ancient buildings, occurs in ail European countries. It may […]
An Analysis of the Vertical Load Behaviour of a Typical Small Masonry House
Author R.C.deVEKEY Building Research Establishment Abstract In a collaborative programme involving BRE and the brick and AAC block industries, the performance of a full scale masonry house is being investigated […]
The BMS Masonry Strategy Forum
Author J. B. MENZIES* and J, F. A. MOORE Building Research Establishment, Garston Abstract The British Masonry Society (BMS) was formed in 1986 to bring together all the many people […]
A Review of the Literature on Brickwork Arches
Author J. TELLETT Structural Clay Products Limited formerly of British Ceramic Research Association Abstract For many centuries arches were built by trial and error because their complex behaviour was not […]
The Structural Performance of Brickwork Arcade Arches
Author J.TELLETT Structural Clay Products (formerly of British Ceramic Research Association Ltd.) H. R. HODGKINSON British Ceramic Research Association Ltd. Abstract Arcades are often lightly loaded slender-structures used as architectural […]