- Author
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Fattal, S. G.
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Cattaneo, L. E.
- Title
- Structural Performance of Masonry Walls Under Compression and Flexure. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Department of the Army, Washington, DC
Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 073,
June 1976,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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walls; bricks; concrete blocks; compressive strength; flexural strength; masonry; construction materials; buckling
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concrete blocks
- Abstract
- Ninety-five prisms and fifty-six walls of brick, concrete block and composite brick and block masonry construction were tested under various combinations of compressive and transverse loads. Constitutive relations for masonry are developed from test results. By using rational analysis it is shown that prism strength can be predicted on the basis of linear behavior at failure. It is also shown that wall strength can be predicted on the basis of prism strength when an appropriate allowance is made for the effect of wall slenderness on sectional capacity.