Tensile bond strength of soil-cement block masonry couplets using cement-soil mortars

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Gupta, Ajay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Blocks; Bonding strength; Masonry; Mortars; Soil cement; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CLAY; LOADS (FORCES); MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MORTAR; PORE SIZE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CEMENT-SOIL MORTARS; SOIL-CEMENT BLOCK MASONRY; SOIL-CEMENT BLOCKS; TENSILE BOND STRENGTH;

SOIL CEMENT;

MASONRY;

EID: 31044448159     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2006)18:1(36)     Document Type: Article

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