Title: Failure Modes for Eccentrically Loaded Concrete Block Masonry Walls

Author(s): M. Hatzinikolas, J. Longworth, and J. Warwaruk

Publication: Journal Proceedings

Volume: 77

Issue: 4

Appears on pages(s): 258-263

Keywords: concrete blocks; eccentric loads; failure mechanisms;joints (junctions); loads (forces); masonry walls; prisms; tests;walls.

DOI: 10.14359/7003

Date: 7/1/1980

Abstract:
The effect of eccentric loading on plain concrete block masonry walls was studied in a program of tests on prisms and short walls. Some walls contained joint reinforcement; others contained none. The failure mode for the walls changed from vertical splitting to crushing at an eccentricity of loading in the order of l/20 times the wall thickness. Failure loads for walls containing joint reinforcement were lower than for walls without joint reinforcement.