A literature survey - compressive, tensile, bond and shear strength of masonry

The literature survey presented collates most of the available relevant information on the compressive, tensile, bond and shear strength of masonry. The report is divided into two chapters. The first, on the compressive, tensile and bond tests of small test specimens, sununarizes infonnation on the basic tests that determine different properties of non-homogeneous, masonry assemblages . These basic tests are important in that they provide practical methods far the site control of masonry quality by measuring the integrated effect of any variations in component materials and workmanship.
The second chapter summarizes most investigations performed on the shear strength of different assemblages and includes sections on test techniques, monotonic tests, model tests and cyclic tests.
Further discussion and analysis of the results from the experi­ ments described here will be presented in a following Earthquake Engineering Research Center report EERC 75-21.