Composites have been used extensively in various engineering applications including
automotive, aerospace, and building industries. Hybrid composites made from two or more …

The confinement technique has been effectively used to enhance the strength and ductility
of structural elements. Since masonry possesses relatively limited ductility and tensile …

In this study, masonry and its material characteristics such as compressive strength of
masonry prisms, bricks, mortars as well as bond strength (ie, flexural and shear bond …

Strength and deformation characteristics of masonry under uniaxial compression are
researched over decades using prisms and wallettes; however, correlation between these …

Quality evaluation of a material's surface is performed through roughness analysis of surface
samples. Several techniques have been presented to achieve this goal, including …

The mortars with Portland cement (PC), sulphoaluminate cement (CSA) and calcium sulfate
(CS¯) have the potential to improve mechanized construction efficiency and apply in high …

Contact surface unevenness of the dry-stackable, interlocking blocks adversely affects the
constructability of the drystack system. This paper presents the contact surface …

An experimental investigation on the flexural response of polymer cement mortar matrix
overlayed or inserted with carbon fibre or auxetic fabric layers subject to four levels of rates …

Hollow block masonry buildings constructed alongside busy roads are vulnerable to
vehicular impacts resulting in damage to property and harm to the building and vehicle …

Conventional formworks for concrete curved shells either are expensive, complex and
wasteful or have formal restrictions. Using tile vaults (also known as timbrel, Guastavino, thin …