In situ testing of basic properties of masonry walls

Abstract

A practical approach toward determination of compressive strength and shear strength of brick walls in existing masonry buildings is discussed in this paper. Based on the authors' experience, but also having in mind that in such cases there are always just a few testing results, suggestions how to define so called characteristic values of strength are also given in the paper.

U radu je obrađen praktičan pristup određivanju čvrstoća pri pritisku i čvrstoća pri smicanju zidova od opeke u okviru postojećih zidanih zgrada. Na osnovu iskustava autora, a s obzirom da se u takvim slučajevima uvek radi o malom broju rezultata ispitivanja, u radu su dati i predlozi u vezi definisanja tzv. karakterističnih vrednosti navedenih čvrstoća