Study of Compressive Strength Of brick Assemblage having different grades of mortar
Keywords:
Testing Machine, Laboratory-based tests on sampled mortarsAbstract
Brick masonry is bonded into an integral mass by mortar and grout, it is considered to be a homogeneous construction. It is the behavior of the combination of materials that determines the performance of the masonry as a structural element. However, the performance of a structural masonry element is dependent upon the properties of the constituent materials and the interaction of the materials as an assemblage. It is customary to relate the compressive strength of the masonry to that of its components: mortar and units. The correlation between solid unit compressive strength, mortar type and assemblage compressive strength is well documented, and is generally independent of unit coring. The relationships of prism components and prism dimensions to assembly compressive strength brick are presented in this paper.
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