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Masonry

Definition: construction composed of shaped or molded units, usually small enough to be handled by one person and composed of stone, ceramic brick or tile, concrete, glass, adobe, or the like.- ACI Concrete Terminology


The most important structural use of masonry around the world is in the construction of bearing walls of houses. It is also used extensively in the construction of enclosure and partition walls in all types of buildings, and as infill walls to stiffen frame structures. Materials used in masonry construction are masonry units, mortar, grout, and reinforcement (deformed steel reinforcing bars, deformed reinforcing wire or wire fabric, and plain bars and wires.)

Practice oriented papers and articles ON MASONRY

Carbon-Negative Pilot

Publication: Concrete International
Date: 8/1/2023

Effects of Masonry Infill Retrofit with FRP Materials on the Seismic Behaviour of RC Frames

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 10/1/2022

Flexural Design of Masonry Walls Reinforced with FRP Bars Based on Full-Scale Structural Tests

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 10/1/2022

Masonry Rocks Initiative Opening Doors for Area High School Students

Publication: Concrete International
Date: 9/1/2022

Effect of Different Environmental Exposures on the Mechanical Behavior of Enhanced Carbon FRCM Systems

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 7/1/2022

Design Formulas for FRCM Strengthened Masonry Elements Under Compression or Shear Load

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 2/1/2021

Investigation on End-Anchorage of SRG Composites Externally Bonded to a Concrete Substrate

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 2/1/2021

Effect of Bonded Length on Material Characterization of FRCM Composites

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 2/1/2021

Performance of TRM/TRC systems under elevated temperatures and fire conditions

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 2/1/2021

Retrofitting a full-scale two-story hollow clay block masonry building by Steel Fiber Reinforced Mortar coating

Publication: Special Publication
Date: 10/1/2020

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