In the present publication, the design and construction of a roof for a church, shaped as a hyperbolic parabolóid and made with reinforced brick masonry is presented. The roof was built in 1987 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ...

An experimental study is carried out on running bond clay prisms subjected to axial compression for the influence of grout with a view to find out efficient grout proportions in order to enhance the capacity of masonry. With ...

This dissertation refers to the specification, execution and build s control in masonry structural of ceramic blocks, according to the current standard ABNT NBR 15812 (ABNT, 2010). The specification was evaluated by testing ...

Improvement in productivity is one important factor to tackle the increasing Brazilian housing deficit. Besides, civil construction industry holds strategic position in the development of the country due to its economical ...

Due to the great advantages that have been developed for a better understanding of the complex behavior of masonry structures, the methodology of using small-scale direct modeling has increased. This fact allowed a ...