An experimental and statistical analysis of the flexural bond strength of masonry walls

Title: An experimental and statistical analysis of the flexural bond strength of masonry walls
Creator: Corrêa, M. R. S.; Masia, M. J.; Stewart, M. G.; Heffler, L. M.
Relation: ARC
Relation: Australian Journal of Structural Engineering Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 139-148
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.7158/S11-121.2012.13.2.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2012
Description: This paper describes an experimental program where full sized clay brick unreinforced masonry walls were constructed by masons with different levels of skills. The flexural bond strength of each joint in each wall was obtained using the bond wrench test. This provided extensive data for a statistical analysis to assess the degree of spatial correlation of that property. The analysis also included a comparison between the flexural bond strength of joints within the walls and prisms. The study recommended that flexural bond strengths between joints are statistically independent and that the commonly used prisms may not represent adequately the wall.
Subject: masonry; flexural bond strength; statistics; correlation; prisms
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1307637
Identifier: uon:21476
Identifier: ISSN:1328-7982
Language: eng
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