Allowing for uncertainties in the modelling of masonry compressive strength

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 443-452

  Dymiotis, Christiana ^a   Gutlederer, Brigitte M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Civil Engineering Consultants   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clay brick masonry; Compressive strength; Design codes; Experimental data; Model uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MODEL STRUCTURES; MORTAR; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CLAY BRICK MASONRY; MODEL UNCERTAINITIES;

MASONRY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036887948     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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