ABSTRACT
In accordance with the data, numerical models of the walls were created using the finite element method (FEM). Only the fundamental difference in the geometry, that is the difference in the length of the walls, was taken into consideration while modelling by the FEM model. Masonry made from innovative clay hollow blocks filled with mineral wool, manufactured by the company Wienerberger in the Czech Republic, had to be tested for functionality and reaching the conformity with calculation models according to the Eurocode 6 and/or Eurocode 8, before it was launched on the market. The clay block masonry walls were tested for a load capacity under the short-term and long-term static load on small masonry walls, possibly on walls and pillars of an actual size. The clay blocks are bound by the mortar of 1 mm thickness at the horizontal direction and they are without filling in the vertical joints.
