Sentence examples for natural masonry from inspiring English sources

Clay-bricks as well as some natural masonry elements (i.e., tuff or limestone, that are rather common for existing buildings in the Mediterranean Area) were employed as supports for gluing FRP sheets and perform double-shear pull-out tests.

This material has entirely superseded the heavy ashlar (natural rock) masonry at one time used for such construction, when the techniques for the large-scale production of concrete were not so well developed as they are today.

The research presented in this paper investigates the mechanical properties under compressive loads of a natural stone masonry.

Furthermore, many codes of practice impose for new brickwork walls a minimal slenderness, which for instance is fixed by the Italian O.P.C.M. 3431 equal to 12 for artificial bricks and 10 for natural blocks masonry.

Ulteriori modifiche ed integrazioni all'OPCM 3274/03 (in Italian) and O.P.C.M. 3274, 20/03/2003, Primi elementi in materia di criteri generali per la classificazione sismica del territorio nazionale e di normative tecniche per le costruzioni in zona sismica (in Italian)], in which the upper bound slenderness is fixed respectively equal to 12 for artificial bricks and 10 for natural blocks masonry.

It contains groups of small but well-preserved dwellings built of stone masonry in natural cavities of an overhanging cliff 150 feet (45 metres) high.

We measured the natural period of several masonry structures in Kathmandu during the field survey and found they were 3 4 Hz for two story buildings.

The simultaneous application of electric arc furnace slag and ladle furnace white slag, in substitution of natural fine aggregate in masonry mortars, is presented with the principal objective of achieving mixes that show a similar performance to conventional mortars.

Let's first consider the case of a natural stone used in a masonry.

Taking into account the natural resonance frequency of the masonry embankment wall, double resonance phenomena could not be excluded.

Since the structure types are low-rise masonry buildings, the natural period of buildings is about a few Hz.