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Article

Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Tuff Masonry: Results of a Wide Set of Flat-Jack Tests

by
Mariateresa Guadagnuolo
1,*,
Marianna Aurilio
1,
Andrea Basile
2 and
Giuseppe Faella
1
1
Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Abbazia di San Lorenzo ad Septimum, Via S. Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa, Italy
2
Tecnolab s.r.l., Via S. Maria del Pianto 80, 80143 Napoli, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Buildings 2020, 10(5), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10050084
Submission received: 20 February 2020 / Revised: 23 April 2020 / Accepted: 24 April 2020 / Published: 28 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Abstract

The assessment of the modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of masonry is a fundamental step in the seismic analysis of existing structures. In this paper, the representativeness of the values provided by flat-jack tests for tuff masonry is investigated through the analysis of a very large and homogeneous number of tests (635 double flat-jack tests). Data relate to existing buildings belonging to different historical and/or construction periods, located throughout the Campania region (Italy) in areas with different peculiarities. Results are compared with the values provided by Italian Building Code, containing ranges of the elastic modulus and compressive strength for different types of masonry. The values of flat-jack tests are then compared with laboratory tests available in the literature. Finally, comparisons with code equations are performed. It is shown that equations correlating the masonry compressive strength with the modulus of elasticity provide values larger than the mean of experimental data, whereas the equations correlating the masonry compressive strength with the strength of components provide lower values, if block and mortar strengths are varied within a probable and wide range.
Keywords: tuff masonry; modulus of elasticity; compressive strength; flat-jack tests tuff masonry; modulus of elasticity; compressive strength; flat-jack tests

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Guadagnuolo, M.; Aurilio, M.; Basile, A.; Faella, G. Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Tuff Masonry: Results of a Wide Set of Flat-Jack Tests. Buildings 2020, 10, 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10050084

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Guadagnuolo M, Aurilio M, Basile A, Faella G. Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Tuff Masonry: Results of a Wide Set of Flat-Jack Tests. Buildings. 2020; 10(5):84. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10050084

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Guadagnuolo, Mariateresa, Marianna Aurilio, Andrea Basile, and Giuseppe Faella. 2020. "Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Tuff Masonry: Results of a Wide Set of Flat-Jack Tests" Buildings 10, no. 5: 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10050084

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Guadagnuolo, M., Aurilio, M., Basile, A., & Faella, G. (2020). Modulus of Elasticity and Compressive Strength of Tuff Masonry: Results of a Wide Set of Flat-Jack Tests. Buildings, 10(5), 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10050084

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