A strategy-map for selecting a desirable 'bricks to mortar ratio' was provided based on 'type' of wall, brick and joint sizes, and degree of control required for ensuring workmanship. In order to make strategic decisions on costs, the concept of 'cost polarity' (cost of density of bricks...
The ratio of mortar to brick unit strength of full scale masonry prisms is found to be governing the extent of increase in compressive strength of half scale masonry prisms. The reduction of scale effect on compressive strength of downscaled masonry is possible with smaller ratio of mortar to ...
This paper aims to explore potential differences in financial performance of Internet companies and the traditional brick-and-mortar companies. A compressive financial ratio analysis is used to investigate these differences for the period from 1998 to 2003. Contrary to our expectations, the average perf...
European masonry code (EN 1996-1-1, 2005) proposes the Eqn (2.1) to estimate the compressive strength of masonry: (2.1)fk=kfb0.7fm0.3 where k depends on the type and shape of units and mortar at bed joints, fb is the normalized compressive strength of the unit, and fm is the ...
The results show that cement content of mortar has no significant influence on bond strength, provided that the combined proportion of cement and lime maintain a 1:3 ratio by volume with the sand. Furthermore, it has been shown that the volume of the mix water should match the volume of ...
Analytical formulae for shear strength and ultimate drift ratio summarised. • The relative size of the brick to the wall influences the wall behaviour. • Unbonded vertical reinforcement enhances the ductility of interlocking brick wall. Abstract Mortarless interlocking brick walls are a new form...
The stress-strain curves, prism compressive strength, elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio of brick and mortar were obtained. Comparing to the result of cube compressive strength test,the relationship between cube compressive strength and prism compressive strength were established. 展开 ...
Problems that brick-and-mortar businesses encounter are foot traffic (the ratio of customer service employees to potential customers in the store at one time) and store front, or marketing. As the company relies primarily on its physical presence, they must ensure that their stores look appropriat...
58–64). Bricks have formed the backbone of many large buildings that have survived, from the 6th century Hagia Sophia, much of which apart from the main stone piers is of brick with lime mortar, including the dome (Moropoulou et al., 2002), to the mills of the industrial revolution, ...
When a brick is laid, it should be pressed down into a generous mortar bed and shoved into the final position to ensure that (1) the mortar is forced into the spaces between the brick; (2) the horizontal and vertical joints are filled with mortar; and (3) the wall will be watertight...