Experimental Investigation of Shear Strength of Rat-Trap Bonded Masonry
| Author(s) | : | Samiullah, Muhammad Haris |
| Institution | : | Department of Civil Engineering University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar |
| Published In | : | Vol. 7, Issue 10 — October 2020 |
| Page No. | : | 36-41 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Rat-trap bonded masonry is an attractive construction technique because of its economic and environmentaladvantages over conventional masonry. It is adopted for construction in most of the Asian countries. Various studies showthat different researchers have studied the compressive strength where as limited or no research work has been reportedregarding the diagonal shear and direct shear behavior of the bond. To cover this deficiency an experimental study wascarried out where triplets were tested for direct shear and prisms were tested for diagonal shear strength of RTB. The resultsshow that the direct and diagonal shear strength of rat-trap masonry are somehow less than the results of conventionalmasonry.
Samiullah, Muhammad Haris, “Experimental Investigation of Shear Strength of Rat-Trap Bonded Masonry”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 7, Issue 10, pp. 36-41, October 2020.
