A. Mohammed1 and T.G. Hughes2
- Research Student, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, MohammedAG@cardiff.ac.uk
- Professor of Civil Engineering, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 0YF, U.K., HughesTG@cf.ac.uk
ABSTRACT
This paper presents an experimental comparison of brickwork behaviour at prototype and 1/6th model scales under compressive loading. Two different specimen formats were tested for both prototypes and models; a three brick high, standard triplet and a 2 brick by 6 courses high wallette specimen. The prototype brick used is a solid, wire cut brick.
The normalised compressive strength for both wallettes and triplets were in good agreement even though the compressive strength for the cut model scale units was 60% more than that of the prototype.
The results show that it is possible for small masonry models to predict the elastic behaviour as well as the failure modes of prototypes.
KEYWORDS: model scale, prototype, stiffness, strength
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