Strength characteristics of stone masonry

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-237

  Venu Madhava Rao, K ^a   Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Jagadish, K S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

STONE MASONRY;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 0031130827     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02486181     Document Type: Article

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