Experimental characterization of stone masonry in shear and compression

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3337-3345

  Vasconcelos, G ^a   Lourenco P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bed joint; Compression; Granite; Shear; Stone; Testing

Indexed keywords

BED JOINT; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HORIZONTAL LOADING; MASONRY BUILDING; MASONRY SHEAR WALLS; MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADING; SHEAR; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; STONE; STONE MASONRY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOUNDATIONS; GRANITE; MASONRY MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 68549101494     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.06.045     Document Type: Article

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