Influence of strength behavior in brick masonry prism and wallette under compression

ABSTRACT

For decades, prisms and wallette have been used to explore masonry’s strength and deformation capabilities under uniaxial compression; moreover, the link between these two main test methods needs to be better established. Using standard masonry design expressions and data, the prism or wallette test can determine compression qualities. The researchers compared the standards and came to judgments on their conservatism or lack thereof, independent of how the rules for those design standards were formed. As a result, an attempt was made to link the behaviour of the enormous masonry prism to the wallette pressure behaviour. Prisms and wallette were made and tested by three different types of units and three mortar compositions. According to test results, the compressive strength of prism tests is consistently higher than that of identical wallette samples. It has remained demonstrated that a linear relationship concerning the compressive strengths of prisms and wallette is tolerable. To test data from the prisms and wallette, a simplified analytical model for the deformation properties of masonry is given.

Keywords
Strength under Compression; Initial Rate of Absorption; Peak Strain; Ductility