- Author
- Fishburn, C. C.
- Title
- Strength and Resistance to Corrosion of Ties for Cavity Walls.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- BMS 101, July 1, 1943, 11 p.
- Keywords
- walls | corrosion | tests | mortar | bricks | masonry
- Abstract
- The resistance to axial loads of ties for cavity walls was determined by testing steel and cement-asbestos ties when they were embedded at the ends in brick masonry. Fourteen different ties and three mortars were represented in a group of about 110 specimens. The ties, with one exception, when spaced one to every 3 ft of wall area, provided connections of ample strength to resist the usual lateral forces to which cavity walls are subjected. The corrosion resistance of some of the steel ties was measured by exposing them when unprotected and when coated to accelerated and to outdoor weathering.