Estudio teórico-experimental de las propiedades físico-mecánicas de la mampostería utilizando ladrillo comercializado en la ciudad de Quito.

Abstract

The present research work consists on the experimental determination of physical-mechanical properties of brick masonry marketed in different sectors of the city of Quito, north, south and valley.

Many tests have been carried out on the components of the case study masonry, such as: absorption of brick units, simple compression on brick units, granulometry of sand for mortar and cubic compression of mortar. Tests were also carried out on brick masonry wall specimens, in this case: compression and diagonal tension.

With the experimental information obtained, technical standards, building codes and related research, the compressive stress, modulus of elasticity, Poisson's modulus, tensile stress and shear modulus of brick masonry are determined.