ABSTRACT
Brick and Block Masonry - Trends, Innovations and Challenges contains the lectures and regular papers presented at the 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference (Padova, Italy, 26-30 June 2016).
In an ever-changing world, in which innovations are rapidly implemented but soon surpassed, the challenge for masonry, the oldest and most traditional building material, is that it can address the increasingly pressing requirements of quality of living, safety, and sustainability. This abstracts volume and full paper USB device, focusing on challenges, innovations, trends and ideas related to masonry, in both research and building practice, will proof to be a valuable source of information for researchers and practitioners, masonry industries and building management authorities, construction professionals and educators.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |54 pages
Keynotes
part |300 pages
Analysis of masonry structures
part |96 pages
Bond of composites to masonry
part |144 pages
Building physics and durability
part |76 pages
Case studies
part |44 pages
Codes & standards
part |90 pages
Conservation of historic buildings
part |76 pages
Earthen constructions
part |76 pages
Eco-materials & sustainability
part |64 pages
Fire resistance, blasts & impacts
part |124 pages
Masonry bridges, arches & vaults
part |246 pages
Masonry infill walls & RC frames
part |620 pages
Masonry materials & testing
part |172 pages
Masonry repair & strengthening
part |72 pages
New construction techniques/technologies
part |106 pages
Reinforced & confined masonry
part |164 pages
Seismic performance & vulnerability assessment