Enhancing bond strength and characteristics of soil-cement block masonry

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-172

  Reddy, B V Venkatarama ^a   Lal, Richardson ^a   Rao, K S Nanjunda ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Blocks; Bonding strength; Masonry; Mortars; Soil cements; Stress strain relations

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MORTAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

LOAD BEARING MASONRY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONS;

SOIL CEMENT;

CEMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MASONRY; MORTAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANURA;

EID: 33846415062     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2007)19:2(164)     Document Type: Article

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