Brick-mortar bond and masonry compressive strength

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Sarangapani, G ^a   Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^b   Jagadish, K S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bonding strength; Brick masonry; Bricks; Compressive strength; Flexural strength; Mortars

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); BRICK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SHEAR STRENGTH;

BRICK MORTAR BONDS; FAILURE THEORIES; FLEXURE BOND STRENGTH; SHEAR BOND STRENGTH TESTS;

MORTAR;

MASONRY;

EID: 15944364776     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2005)17:2(229)     Document Type: Article

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