Department of Civil Engineering – Faculty of Engineering. Oporto University – Portugal
Rua dos Bragas 4099 Porto Codex – Portugal
ABSTRACT
This paper deals with a brief presentation of Portuguese masonry solutions. more popular materials and the tendencies associated with the development of new masonry products. After this presentation. the results of compressive strength tests carried on running bond masonry prisms. made with lightweight hollow concrete blocks. are presented The tests are made according to CEN standards. The blocks are laid with normal or thin mortars and with two bond arrangements. It is presented that the compressive strength values calculated by the EC6 formulas are lower than the compressive strength experimental values
KEYWORDS: masonry, compressive strength, hollow concrete blocks, lightweight concrete
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