Structural behavior of mortarless interlocking load bearing hollow block wall panel under out-of-plane loading.

• Main Authors: Jaafar, Mohd Saleh, Abdul Kadir, Mohd Razali, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Noorzaei, Jamaloddin, Alwathaf, Ahmed Hasan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23418/1/Structural%20behavior%20of%20mortarless%20interlocking%20load%20bearing%20hollow%20block%20wall%20panel%20under%20out.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23418/

Experimental and numerical investigation of interlocking mortarless wall panels with 1.0 m height, 1.2 m width and 150 mm thickness are conducted. Behaviour of both hollow and partially grouted masonry wall panels is studied. The panels were tested under constant pre-compressive vertical load and ou...