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Compressive strength of hollow concrete blockwork

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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ConferenceFourth Canadian Masonry Symposium, June 2, 1986, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
SubjectMasonry; concrete blocks; compressive strength; standards; masonry construction; hollow block walls - load capacity; mortar-bedded area; allowable stresses; tabular values
Abstract
The new edition of the Canadian masonry design standard uses mortar-bedded area instead of net area in determining the load capacity of hollow block walls. The effective cross- sectional area of hollow blockwork with mortar on the face- shells only is thereby reduced, in turn reducing the load capacity if allowable stresses are based on existing tabular values. This has led to a review of the tabular values for compressive strength of concrete blockwork.
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  • Proceedings of the Fourth Canadian Masonry Symposium: 02 June 1986, Fredericton, N.B., Canada 2 (2 June 1986): 997–1009.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierIRC-P-1405
NRC numberNRCC 26362
NRC-IRC-2896
NPARC number20374706
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