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Comparison of Strength of the Unreinforced Masonry Prisms with Different Masonry Bonds
Unreinforced masonry (URM) structures are among the oldest structural methods used in various parts of the earth. Many existing URM buildings have been standing for years and must be considered valuable architectural heritage. The actual reasons behind the undesirable seismic behaviour of the URM structures are identified as inadequate lateral load-resisting elements, weak load-bearing walls, lack of integrity of the structural elements etc. The lack of knowledge in constructing the URM buildings is also a cause of failure. As a result, protecting these structures against various loads is very essential. Surprisingly, different types of masonry brick bonds are used for constructing URM buildings without knowing their load-carrying capacity all over the world. So, in this paper, an effort has been made to evaluate the capacity of four different types of URM brick bonds mentioned in standard Indian codes. The compressive load-carrying capacity has been checked here. Further, in-plane and out-of-plane load-carrying capacity is also tested experimentally. The experimental results show that the URM walls made with English and Flemish bonds perform better. It is shown that the capacity increased by about 18–20% in all the above two cases due to proper bonding between the brick elements. Ductility is expected to increase in the same order. So, this bonding approach enhances the capacity of masonry structures should be practiced, which has been ignored for a very long time. This approach can be adopted by any person willing to construct the URM structures without any special knowledge and without increasing any cost.
Comparison of Strength of the Unreinforced Masonry Prisms with Different Masonry Bonds
Unreinforced masonry (URM) structures are among the oldest structural methods used in various parts of the earth. Many existing URM buildings have been standing for years and must be considered valuable architectural heritage. The actual reasons behind the undesirable seismic behaviour of the URM structures are identified as inadequate lateral load-resisting elements, weak load-bearing walls, lack of integrity of the structural elements etc. The lack of knowledge in constructing the URM buildings is also a cause of failure. As a result, protecting these structures against various loads is very essential. Surprisingly, different types of masonry brick bonds are used for constructing URM buildings without knowing their load-carrying capacity all over the world. So, in this paper, an effort has been made to evaluate the capacity of four different types of URM brick bonds mentioned in standard Indian codes. The compressive load-carrying capacity has been checked here. Further, in-plane and out-of-plane load-carrying capacity is also tested experimentally. The experimental results show that the URM walls made with English and Flemish bonds perform better. It is shown that the capacity increased by about 18–20% in all the above two cases due to proper bonding between the brick elements. Ductility is expected to increase in the same order. So, this bonding approach enhances the capacity of masonry structures should be practiced, which has been ignored for a very long time. This approach can be adopted by any person willing to construct the URM structures without any special knowledge and without increasing any cost.
Comparison of Strength of the Unreinforced Masonry Prisms with Different Masonry Bonds
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Goel, Manmohan Dass (Herausgeber:in) / Gupta, Laxmikant M. (Herausgeber:in) / Jaiswal, Omprakash R. (Herausgeber:in) / Debnath, Pranoy (Autor:in) / Dutta, Sekhar Chandra (Autor:in)
Structural Engineering Convention ; 2023 ; Nagpur, India
23.03.2025
11 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Compressive Strength of Masonry Prisms
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