ABSTRACT
This chapter describes some results of tests on solid walls and walls with openings in the full- scale, which were built on the steel beam subject to deflection with the increase of loads put by the reinforced concrete rim to the top wall edge. It presents some results of experimental tests on masonry walls in the full-scale with openings and solid walls made of silicate masonry units. Cracks and other damages of masonry walls may result from uneven dislocations of the elements of the structure which is adjacent to them, most often from deflection of ceilings and flooring which the walls were made on and also their foundations. The very frequent reason of cracks in the masonry walls, including partition and infill walls are the deflections of the ceilings on which the partitions have been built. The maximum deflection, load and distortion angle in the type of walls was the biggest in relation to other walls with openings.
