Date of Award
2012
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords
Applied sciences
Supervisor
Sreekanta Das
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
In large masonry beams, the development of flexural cracks arises due to flexure. It is believed that flexural cracks are largest between the neutral axis and flexural reinforcement in large masonry beams. The addition of intermediate reinforcement in large masonry beams is believed to reduce side face crack flexural cracks widths. The experiment was carried out to determine the effect of intermediate reinforcement on flexural cracking behaviour in large masonry beams. An experimental study using fifteen prisms and eight beam specimens was completed. It was found that the addition of intermediate reinforcement effectively reduced intermediate widths and provided an evenly distributed cracking pattern.
Recommended Citation
Boutilier, Bryan, "The effectiveness of intermediate reinforcement in large masonry beams" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4792.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/4792