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Experimental Determination of Statistical Parameters Associated with Uniaxial Compression Behaviour of Brick Masonry


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1 CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 006, India
3 Department of Civil Engineering, VelTech Multi Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai 600 025, India
4 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
 

In view of practical significance of the compression behaviour of brick masonry, this article discusses the evolvement of an experimental programme based on a survey of the literature. Also, it is known that large scatter is expected in the mechanical properties of masonry and studies characterizing these statistical variations are scant in India. Using the evolved experimental programme and results of tests conducted, the statistical parameters, namely mean and coefficient of variation (COV) associated with the uniaxial compression behaviour of typical brick masonry used in South India have been determined in this article. For the masonry considered in this study, the mean values of peak compressive stress, strain corresponding to peak stress and elastic modulus are 2.82 MPa, 0.009 and 0.4 GPa respectively. The corresponding values of COV are 0.15, 0.2 and 0.12 respectively. In addition, a trilinear curve has been suggested as an idealized stress-strain relation for the brick masonry used in South India.

Keywords

Clay Brick Masonry, Compressive Strength, Elastic Modulus, Uniaxial Compression, Statistical Parameters.
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Authors

S. R. Balasubramanian
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
D. Maheswari
Department of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 006, India
A. Cynthia
Department of Civil Engineering, VelTech Multi Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai 600 025, India
K. Balaji Rao
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
R. Goswami
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
P. Sivakumar
CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India

Abstract


In view of practical significance of the compression behaviour of brick masonry, this article discusses the evolvement of an experimental programme based on a survey of the literature. Also, it is known that large scatter is expected in the mechanical properties of masonry and studies characterizing these statistical variations are scant in India. Using the evolved experimental programme and results of tests conducted, the statistical parameters, namely mean and coefficient of variation (COV) associated with the uniaxial compression behaviour of typical brick masonry used in South India have been determined in this article. For the masonry considered in this study, the mean values of peak compressive stress, strain corresponding to peak stress and elastic modulus are 2.82 MPa, 0.009 and 0.4 GPa respectively. The corresponding values of COV are 0.15, 0.2 and 0.12 respectively. In addition, a trilinear curve has been suggested as an idealized stress-strain relation for the brick masonry used in South India.

Keywords


Clay Brick Masonry, Compressive Strength, Elastic Modulus, Uniaxial Compression, Statistical Parameters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv109%2Fi11%2F2094-2102