Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 1/2015: The bending strength of masonry

Bending strength of masonry becomes an important design aspect especially when the walls subjected to lateral loads like, cellar walls which are subject to earth pressure, and façades/ infill walls which are exposed to the wind actions.

Bending strength is required wherever the applied load is perpendicular to the wall. It is also required in non-load-bearing partition walls, where the load applied in both the normal and perpendicular directions. Besides, the tensile properties of the brick/block and lengthwise parameters related to geometry and materials technology also influence the bending strength of masonry.

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New publications autumn 2015

New publications from the areas: engineering and steel construction. You can find detailed information on the individual product pages.

Steel Construction Issue 04/15

Cover Story: The servohydraulic biaxial testing machines of the Essen Laboratory for Lightweight Structures (ELLF), Institute for Metal and Lightweight Structures of University of Duisburg-Essen, have maximum loading capacities of 20 kN and 50 kN. The cruciform test specimens are biaxially loaded in the plane of the fabric. (see pp. 222−229). (© ELLF, Institute for Metal and Lightweight Structures, University of Duisburg-Essen)

Jubilee prize competition 2015

To celebrate 20 years of Christmas prize competition there is a special prize. The jubilee is celebrated by presenting a problem which is more challenging than usual, and by establishing a total prize of 10,000 Euro.

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European Journal of Masonry 05/15

Cover story: The Hamburg port warehouse complex, with its interconnecting network of streets, canals and bridges and the modern, brick-built architecture of the office building complex are of unusually universal value and the largest contiguous and unified warehouse complex in the world. (Photo: HHLA)

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 05/15

Cover story: EUROCK 2015 & 64th Geomechanics Colloquium.

The Austrian Society for Geomechanics has the pleasure to host the European Rock Mechanics Conference for the third time in Salzburg. We combine EUROCK with the traditional Geomechanics Colloquium, thus guaranteeing a very interesting combination of theory and practice and hopefully inspiring discussions. Photo: DSI

Structural Concrete Issue 03/15

Cover Story: “De Oversteek” in Nijmegen is a new 1,400m long bridge crossing the Waal River. It consists of different sections that were built using different construction techniques and was opened for traffic in November 2013.

New publications summer/autumn 2015

New publications from the areas: building physics, geotechnics and steel construction. You can find detailed information on the individual product pages.

Steel Construction Issue 03/15

Cover Story: The central cushion in an ETFE-roof construction covers the 1,300 m2 swimming pool of the new Center Parcs resort « Le Bois aux Daims » near the small village Morton in western France. The ETFE-façade allows spans of up to 4m in between the primary wooden beam structure. (©LEICHTonline.com)