Technical Note. Structural Testing of Brickwork in a Disused Quarry.

Comparitive Study of Load Bearing Block Masonry Work in Housing

“…The importance of brick masonry walls as a support to structure was realised early and many studies were conducted in such aspects including load bearing walls (Davidson et al 1952) [3] (Cross and James. C, 1965) [2] .To ensure the stability and strength of multistoreyed brick structures up to 5 storeys, different realistic tests were also designed to check effect of wind loading, lateral strength of panels with pre-compression, floor/wall interaction, accidental removal of members and many other factors (Sinha B. P and Hendry A. W, 1976) [20] . In recent years the success of construction of buildings with load bearing masonry is such that not only medium storeyed buildings but buildings spanning 5-15 storeyes were constructed in Brazil on thin walls (Santos F. A et al, 2009) [18] , many studies were also carried on the potential of structural masonry in construction industry and the causes for the raise and decline of these type of constructions (Braj P. Sinha, 2002) [1] .…”