MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HASSAN

(An Autonomous Institution under VTU, Belagavi)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

“BEHAVIOUR
  OF MASONRY STUCTURE USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MORTAR”  

Presented by: Guided by:

MRS. INDUMATHI C
1. RUCHIRA S N – (4MC18CV088)
Assistant Professor,
2. BALAJI SIDDARAMAPPA – (4MC18CV014)
Malnad College of Engineeri
3. NIKETHAN M N – (4MC19CV409) Hassan.
4. SRUJANA B D – (4MC18CV103)
 INTRODUCTION :

• MASONRY :
Masonry is one of the oldest building materials.
Construction using masonry remains relatively popular in many parts of the world and is
practiced widely even today.
Masonry is composed of two different materials i.e.., the masonry units and the mortar phase.
Masonry units may be either solid on hollow and may be made of a wide variety of materials
like clay bricks, blocks of stone, concrete blocks, pressed earth bricks, calcium silicate bricks.
Soft mud etc..,
The materials use, the quality of the mortar and workmanship and the pattern in which the
units are assembled can substantially affect the durability of the overall masonry construction.
• MORTAR :
Mortar is a combination of cement, sand mixed with water.

It is used for masonry works such as brick masonry and stone masonry and for plastering walls, columns etc.,
Common mix ratio of mortar used in masonry works are 1:3, 1:4 and 1:6 of cement to sand ratio.
. MASONRY STRUCTURES:
Generally masonry structures are constructed as load bearing.
For example, load bearing walls, load bearing walls, load bearing masonry columns etc.., are constructed for
residential and other masonry buildings.
For a masonry buildings, foundations are also constructed with brick masonry. For a load bearing masonry
construction , it is important to know the compressive strength requirement of masonry to withstand the load
subjected on it.
A masonry wall is subjected to compressive loads from floors above it and should have sufficient strength to
withstand it . So, masonry compressive strength should be enough to support the loads on wall.
• In the present study an attempt has been made to study the compressive strength of
masonry structure using mortar and mortar with mesh considering various bonds.
METHDOLOGY:

1.COLLECTION OF MATERIALS

2.TESTING OF MATERIALS

3.TESTING OF MORTAR CUBES

4. MODELLING CONSTRUCTION OF MASONARY STRUCTURE

5.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

MATERIALS AND PROPERTIES :
1.CEMENT (43 GRADE PPC)
Properties of Cement :
Fineness of Cement = 1.4%
Specific Gravity of Cement = 3.115
Standard Consistency of Cement , P = 31%
Soundness of Cement = 1mm
2.M- SAND (DOUBLE WASHED)
Properties of M-Sand (Double Washed) :
Specific gravity of sand =2.65
Surface moisture of fine aggregate = 1.5%
Water Absorption of fine aggregate = 0.497%
3. WATER : Drinking water
4. BURNT BRICKS OF SIZE : 224mm X 103mm X68mm

5. JOINT STEEL MESH : 2.4mm thick

TEST OF MORTAR CUBES :

• Mortar cubes of grade 1:3 are casted and curd for 7days and 28days and the number of
mortar cubes casted are 6.
• Compressive strength of mortar cubes is 21.91mpa and 32.56mpa for 7days and 28 days
curing in water respectively .
 MODELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF
MASONRY STRUCTURE :
EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM :

Materials:
• Cement – sand mortar of proportion M(1:3) is prepared using PPC cement and M-Sand ( Double
Washed ) conforming to Zone II of IS:383 .
• The compressive strength of mortar as determined by testing cubes of 50 Sq.cm face area as per IS:
2250.
 DETAILS OF SPECIMENS :

• In this study single brickwork prism specimen 3 units high were prepared using stack bond and Flemish
bond in a total of two configuration for the compressive strength of masonry .
• The figure shows the geometrical configuration of the various specimens used in the present study .
• 6 specimens were prepared for each of the two configuration using bricks and mortar of grade(1:3) and
bricks and mortar with joint steel mesh . Totally 24 brick masonry of prisms were prepared .
• A skilled mason was employed for making the specimens and the thickness of bed joint mortar was
maintained approximately as 1inch for all joints.
• water content in the mortar mix was fixed based on IS code.
• All the specimens are cured for 7days and 28days by spraying water at regular intervals .
• These mortar cubes are tested to determine the compressive strength of mortar.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS :

7 days compressive strength of various prisms are tabulated in the table :

C1= Stack bond with mortar
C2 = Stack bond with mortar and joint steel mesh
M1= Flemish bond with mortar
M2 = Flemish bond with mortar and joint steel mesh
Table : 7 days Compressive strength of various masonry prisms

Sl no. Designation Average Compressive Strength

(Mpa)

1 C1 1.12

2 C2 1.04

3 M1 1.04

4 M2 1.02
7 days Compressive strength of Stack bond with mortar and mortar & joint steel
mesh:

7 days Compressive Strength ( MPa)

1.14

1.12

1.1

1.08

1.06

1.04

1.02

1
C1 C2

From the above graph it is observed that the compressive strength of prism C2 is decreased by 7% compared with that of
prism C1.
7 days Compressive strength of Flemish bond with mortar and mortar & joint steel mesh:

7 days Compressive Strength ( MPa)

1.045

1.04

1.035

1.03

1.025

1.02

1.015

1.01
M1 M2

From the above graph it is observed that the compressive strength of prism M2 is decreased by 2% compared with
that of prism M1.
Comparasion of 7 days Compressive strength of Stack bond and Flemish bond with
mortar :

7 days Compressive Strength (MPa) 7 days compressive strength (MPa)

1.14 1.045

1.12 1.04

1.1 1.035

1.08 1.03

1.06 1.025

1.04 1.02

1.02 1.015

1 1.01
C1 M1 C2 M2

with mortar with mortar and joint steel mesh

From the above graphs it is observed that the stack bond is strong compared to Flemish bond in
both the cases .
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