Abstract
The structural masonry has as basic characteristic the use of the supporting walls, formed with structural blocks joined by seating mortar. The blocks must have compressive strength compatible with the loads to which they will be subjected to, and the mortar must be adequately resisted in order not to compromise the structure of which it is part of, and absorb the deformations to which the masonry is subjected. Two types of mortar bedding are recommended: full bedding, covering net area for unit, and face shell bedding, where the mortar is placed only in the face shell area of the block. This work aims to test the compression of face shell bedding concrete blocks prisms with two traces of mixed mortar with different compressive strength. It has been concluded that the increase of the compressive strength of the mortarinfluences the increase in the compressive strength of the prisms with face shell bedding type.
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The authors thank the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES, and FAPERJ for the support provided to this investigation.
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Lima, T.E.S. et al. (2021). Study of Face Shell Bedding Concrete Blocks Prisms with Different Laying Mortar Strength. In: Li, J., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2021. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65493-1_52
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