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

Table 7

Test and calculated results of the RCB masonries’ compressive and shear strengths.

Group	Block (MPa)	Mortar (MPa)	Compressive strength test			Shear strength test
			(MPa)	(MPa)		(MPa)	(MPa)
A1	10.5	8.0	7.61	5.96	1.28	0.24	0.20	1.23
A2	10.5	12.0	8.24	7.03	1.17	0.28	0.24	1.17
A3	10.5	14.8	8.57	7.78	1.10	0.31	0.27	1.17
B1	7.53	6.2	4.51	4.06	1.11	0.19	0.17	1.14
B2	7.53	8.0	5.12	4.42	1.16	0.22	0.20	1.08
B3	7.53	12.0	6.21	5.76	1.08	0.27	0.24	1.13

and : test results and and : calculated results.