Mechanical and Thermal Properties of RCB Masonry Containing Three Rows of Holes

Table 6

Compressive and shear strength of RCB masonry.

Group	Block (MPa)	Mortar (MPa)	Compressive strength test					Shear strength test
			Pc (kN)	Pu (kN)	Pc/Pu	f1 (MPa)	v (%)	Pu (kN)	f2 (MPa)	(%)
A1	10.50	8.0	480.3	712.3	0.67	7.61	0.15	22.46	0.24	0.14
A2	10.50	12.0	513.2	771.3	0.66	8.24	0.03	26.21	0.28	0.16
A3	10.50	14.8	623.1	802.3	0.78	8.57	0.11	29.02	0.31	0.18
B1	7.53	6.2	299.7	422.1	0.71	4.51	0.24	17.78	0.19	0.23
B2	7.53	8.0	373.8	479.2	0.78	5.12	0.17	20.59	0.22	0.20
B3	7.53	12.0	401.1	581.2	0.69	6.21	0.21	25.27	0.27	0.25

P_c: cracking load, P_u: ultimate load, f₁: compressive strength of masonry, f₂: shear strength of masonry, and : variation coefficient.