Sentence examples for joint reinforcement from inspiring English sources

The first specimen is an Unreinforced Masonry (URM) control wall and one was reinforced with steel-ladder shaped Bed Joint Reinforcement (BJR).

Mortar also links the non-masonry elements of an assembly such as joint reinforcement and ties.

However, to reduce localized stress at the weld toe of the joint, reinforcement was needed.

The objective of the presented research is to increase knowledge about physical factors influencing corrosion of bed joint reinforcement.

Horizontal bed joint reinforcement increased the capacity of deformation as well as the ultimate load, leading to ductile responses.

This led to a discussion of engineering load and joint reinforcement and how they relate to the task of mitigating structural damage caused by tornadoes.

A second engineering firm reported even more deficiencies, including leaks in the parapet wall and missing wall ties and joint reinforcements that drove the cost past $4 million.

The experimental campaign presented in this paper includes a set of in-plane cyclic tests on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) masonry panels with thin horizontal and vertical joints filled with thin layer mortar, made both in unreinforced and bed-joint reinforced masonry with flat-truss bed-joint reinforcement.

Furthermore, assessments of corrosion risks are conducted for two critical placements of the bed-joint reinforcement.

Experimental campaigns carried out in the past showed that the presence of truss bed-joint reinforcement provides a general improvement to the performance of masonry panels subjected to horizontal actions.

The control wall was constructed using the conventional single cell reinforcement (SR) approach, with the remaining two walls constructed using double cell reinforcement with bond beams (DR), and with the addition of bed-joint reinforcement (DR-JR), respectively.