Validation of a Proposed Test for Sulfate Attack of Mortars
Author E A Laycock* & T Yates** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Abstract Work was carried out on the validation of the test to measure expansion due […]
Crypto florescence and Its Role in the Moisture Expansion of Clay Brick Masonry
Author J.P. FORTH and J.J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract The long-term irreversible moisture expansion in clay brickwork is thought to be the result of chemical reactions between adsorbed water […]
The Effect of Fines Content in Building Sands on the Durability of Mortar
Author A N Fried, J J Roberts and A Yool Kingston University Abstract The use of the methylene blue dye test to determine the extent of harmful material in building […]
Field-Based Dynamic Evaluation Of Masonry Arch Bridges
Author Jeffrey A. Laman*, Thomas E. Boothby* and James W. Bintrim** * The Pennsylvania Slate University, USA** HDR, Pittsburgh, USA Abstract Dynamic testing has been applied to four late nineteenth-century […]
Failure Behaviour of Brick Masonry
Author G. Frunzio, A. Gesualdo and M. Monaco Dipartimento di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Universita di Napoli FEDERICO Abstract The case of biaxially stressed masonry occurs in a large number of […]
Aspects Related to the Out-of-Plane Numerical Modelling of Masonry
Author PAULO B. LOURENCO University o/Minho, Portugal Abstract Key aspects regarding the modelling of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading are presented, including through thickness integration, comparison with experimental data on […]
Failure Criterion of Brick Masonry Under Cyclic Biaxial Compression-Tension
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI AND S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigation into the cyclic behaviour of half-scale brick masonry under biaxial compression – tension was conducted. […]
Mohr-Coulomb Approach to the Ductility of Masonry and Optimum Unit/Block Configuration
Author D. LANGE-KORNBAK Danish Building Research Institute, Hctrsholm Abstract High strength mortars are commonly used to improve the strength of masonry but with limited or no gain in the load-carrying […]
Enhancing Masonry Bond Using Fly Ash
Author MM. REDA, and N.G. SIIRIVE Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Calgary Abstract Masonry often suffers from weak bond and low flexural strength. Thus, consistently better bond and […]
Centrifuge Testing of Small Scale Masonry
Author T.G. HUGHES*, M.C.R. DA VIES**, P.R. TAUNTON* AND P.O. BURROUGHS* * Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University * *Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee Abstract Masonry testing has […]
Resistance of Masonry Infill Walls to Racking Loading. Simplified Model and Experimental Validation
Author JORGE I. CRUZ-DIAZ*, ALAIN SELLIER*, BRUNO CAPRA*, PATRICK DELMOTTE** PHILIPPE RIVILLON**, AHMED MEBARKI* *Laboratoire de Genie Civil et Urbanisme, Universite de Marne-la-Vallee 2, Rue Albert Einstein, Cite Descartes, 77420 […]
Shear and Horizontal Tension Behaviour of Masonry Model Development and Verification
Author Miklos Molnar Division of Structural Engineering, Lund University, Sweden Abstract The recent development of numerical methods to predict cracking of masonry due to loading by shear and in-plane horizontal […]