Theoretical solutions for strength-scaled unreinforced masonry for scaled soil-structure experimentation

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Laefer, Debra F ^a   Erkal, Aykut ^a   Cording, Edward J ^b   Long, James H ^b   Hong, Linh Truong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent excavation; Brick masonry; Cracks; Historic preservation; Laboratory testing; Mortar; Non cohesive soil; Sand; Scaling; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

BRICK MASONRY; LABORATORY TESTING; NONCOHESIVE SOIL; SCALING; SOIL-STRUCTURE;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; COST REDUCTION; CRACKS; EXCAVATION; EXPERIMENTS; FOUNDATIONS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; KINEMATICS; MORTAR; SOILS; STIFFNESS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 77954792714     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JTE102420     Document Type: Article

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