Strength and elasticity of brick masonry prisms and wallettes under compression

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-253

  Gumaste, K S ^a   Rao, K S Nanjunda ^a   Reddy, B V Venkatarama ^a   Jagadish, K S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Brick; Compressive strength; Elastic modulus; Masonry; Mortar

Indexed keywords

BRICK; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MORTAR;

MASONRY STRENGTH; WALLETTES; WIRE-CUT BRICKS;

PRISMS;

EID: 34548280883     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9141-9     Document Type: Article

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