Shear modulus and stiffness of brickwork masonry: An experimental perspective

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-43

  Bosiljkov, Vlatko Z ^a   Totoev, Yuri Z ^b   Nichols, John M ^c  

^a SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive test; Diagonal test; Experimental; Masonry; Shear modulus; Shear test; Static and dynamic loading; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRICK; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELASTIC MODULI; MORTAR; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

COMPRESSIVE TESTS; DIAGONAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL; MANSORY; SHEAR TEST; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 20344381313     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2005.20.1.021     Document Type: Article

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