Compression behaviour of clay bricks prisms, wallets and walls - Coating influence

Authors

  • António Azevedo
  • João Quesado Delgado
  • Ana Guimarães
  • Fernando Artur Silva
  • Romildo Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/RDLC.18.1.123

Keywords:

Clay blocks, Axial compression, Structural masonry, Reinforced mortar, Coating, Experimental tests

Abstract

This work describes an experimental study carried out on running bond 195 red clay prisms, of two and three ceramic blocks, with and without cement mortar coating and some samples reinforced with mesh, subjected to axial compression in order to enhance the capacity of masonry. The prisms were subjected to compressive loading and all of them had deformation control on each face with a deflectometer, to obtain information about the structural behaviour of the prisms. The experimental results indicate an increase both in the compressive load capacity of the coated prisms and in those that use coatings based on reinforced mortar, not complying with the specifications of conventional structural mortar. The load ratios of prism/wallettes and prisms with two blocks/prisms with three blocks were satisfactory.

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Author Biographies

António Azevedo

CONSTRUCT-LFC, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n; 4200-465 Porto (Portugal)
antonio.costaazevedo@fe.up.pt

João Quesado Delgado

 
CONSTRUCT-LFC, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n; 4200-465 Porto (Portugal)

Ana Guimarães

CONSTRUCT-LFC, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n; 4200-465 Porto (Portugal)

Fernando Artur Silva

Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
Rua do Principe, 526, Boa Vista – Recife (Brazil)

Romildo Oliveira

Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
Rua do Principe, 526, Boa Vista – Recife (Brazil)

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Published

2019-04-06

How to Cite

Azevedo, A., Delgado, J. Q., Guimarães, A., Artur Silva, F., & Oliveira, R. (2019). Compression behaviour of clay bricks prisms, wallets and walls - Coating influence. Revista De La Construcción. Journal of Construction, 18(1), 123–133. https://doi.org/10.7764/RDLC.18.1.123