Finite element analysis of interlocking mortarless hollow block masonry prism

• Main Authors: Thanoon, Waleed Abdulmalik, Alwathaf, Ahmed Hasan, Noorzaei, Jamaloddin, Jaafar, Mohd Saleh, Abdul Kadir, Mohd Razali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7760/1/Finite%20element%20analysis%20of%20interlocking%20mortarless%20hollow%20block%20masonry%20prism.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7760/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045794907001563?via%3Dihub#!

Interlocking mortarless masonry system has been developed as an alternative system for the conventional bonded masonry. This paper covers the analysis of interlocking mortarless hollow concrete block system subjected to axial compression loads using FEM. An incremental-iterative finite element code...