Compressive behaviour of fired-clay brick and lime mortar masonry components in dry and wet conditions
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Bompa, D.V and Elghazouli, A. Y. (2020) Compressive behaviour of fired-clay brick and lime mortar masonry components in dry and wet conditions Materials and Structures, 53 (3).
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-020-01493-w
Abstract
This paper examines the fundamentalmechanical properties of masonry elements incorpo-rating fired-clay bricks and hydraulic lime mortarsunder ambient-dry and wet conditions, correspondingto 48 h submersion in water. In addition to comple-mentary material characterisation assessments, twotypes of specimens are tested: cylindrical cores incompression, and wall elements in compression.Overall, a detailed account of more than 50 tests isgiven. Apart from conventional measurements, the useof digital image correlation techniques enables adetailed assessment of the influence of moisture on theconstitutive response, confinement effects andmechanical properties of masonry components. Theuniaxial compressive strengths of wet brick elementsand brick–mortar components, resulting from tests oncylindrical cores with height-to-depth ratios of aroundtwo, are shown to be 13–18% lower than those inambient-dry conditions. The tests also show thatenhanced confinement levels in brick units mobilise67–92% higher strengths than in the correspondingunconfined cylinders. Moreover, experimental obser-vations indicate that the presence of significantconfinement reduces the influence of moisture on themechanical properties as a function of the brick andmortar joint thickness and their relative stiffness. As aresult, the failure of wet masonry walls in compressionis found to be only marginally lower than those inambient-dry conditions. Based on the test results, theinfluence of moisture on the constitutive response andmechanical properties of masonry components isdiscussed, and considerations for practical applicationare highlighted
| Item Type: | Article | |||||||||
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| Divisions : | Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Civil and Environmental Engineering | |||||||||
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| Date : | 26 May 2020 | |||||||||
| DOI : | 10.1617/s11527-020-01493-w | |||||||||
| Copyright Disclaimer : | C The Author(s) 2020 | |||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords : | Masonry; Moisture; Brick–mortarinterface; Compressive strength | |||||||||
| Additional Information : | Embargo OK Metadata OK No Further Action | |||||||||
| Depositing User : | James Marshall | |||||||||
| Date Deposited : | 26 Aug 2020 12:38 | |||||||||
| Last Modified : | 26 Aug 2020 12:38 | |||||||||
| URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/858505 |
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