Abstract: An engineering firm recommended demolition of a multistory brick facade on a building in Charleston, S.C., because the mortar contained chloride in excess of 0.2 by weight of cement. Another engineering firm had a sample ...

Abstract: The weight of clay brick masonry can vary by more than 30% from the minimum design dead load required by ASCE 7–95 (“Minimum” 1996). Variations in clay brick masonry weight have implications not only for structural and ...

Abstract: The variations in mortar joint thickness and in head joint alignment of 30 mortar joints in brick masonry walls were measured in each of 24 buildings. Wall age ranged from 1 to 92 years. The median coefficient of variation ...

Abstract: The adverse effects of void mortar joints on the performance of masonry are enumerated. Unfilled mortar joints in brick masonry weaken walls, increase leakage, breach a contract, violate the law, and break tradition. The ...

Abstract: Masonry failure investigation often requires the documentation of the surface condition of walls. The types of information required for a masonry surface condition survey are Ksted. Among these is surface topography to ...

Abstract: For a given combination of masonry units and mortar, the flexural strength of masonry is dependent on the quality of workmanship, the method of loading, and the number of mortar joints in the span. The weakest link theory ...

Abstract: Inadequacies of design, construction, and maintenance associated with shelf angles supporting masonry veneer on structural frames often cause spalling, cracking, and staining of masonry veneer; yielding and slipping of ...