- Title
- Intrinsic permeability of dry-pressed clay bricks and a masonry mortar
- Creator
- Krause, A.; Totoev, Y.
- Relation
- 18th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials. Developments in Mechanics of Structures and Materials : Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (Perth, Australia December 1-3, 2004) p. 633-636
- Relation
- http://www.taylorandfrancis.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9789058096593&parent_id=&pc=/shopping_cart/search/search.asp?
- Publisher
- A. A. Balkema Publishers
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- The flexural strength of masonry is one of the important design considerations for masonry. It depends primarily on bond strength between masonry units and mortar. This bond is mainly achieved by mechanical interlock between bricks and hardened mortar. It is agreed that this interlock is created by brick absorbing water with suspended small cement and lime particles from the fresh mortar into the pores on the brick surface. Two of the key parameters influencing moisture flow from fresh mortar into brick are the permeability of brick and the permeability of mortar. A GDS pressure/volume controller has been used to measure permeability of masonry constituents. This paper details the testing methods and presents results of tests for solid clay bricks and masonry mortar.
- Subject
- masonry; flexural strength; permeability
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/29130
- Identifier
- uon:2412
- Identifier
- ISBN:9058096599
- Language
- eng
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