Vertically restrained clay brickwork cladding
Abstract
The use of clay brickwork masonry as a cladding on framed building structures is reviewed and the problems with the modern form of construction for brickwork cladding highlighted. The potential for developing simpler, improved forms of cladding, in which free vertical movement of the brickwork is restrained, is discussed. Preliminary results are presented of an ongoing programme of research to investigate the performance of clay brickwork under conditions of vertical restraint, involving the construction and monitoring of full‐scale brickwork test panels on a multi‐storey concrete frame.
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Citation
Bingel, P.R., Brooks, J.J. and Forth, J.P. (2001), "Vertically restrained clay brickwork cladding", Structural Survey, Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800110393572
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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