From: Compression Behavior of Form Block Walls Corresponding to the Strength of Block and Grout Concrete
Block type | B1 series | B2 series | B3 series | B3 series | |||||||||
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B1-1 | B1-2 | Avg. | B2-1 | B2-2 | Avg. | B3-1 | B3-2 | Avg. | B4-1 | B4-2 | Avg. | ||
At ultimate state | Load, P bu (kN) | 588.06 | 599.29 | 593.67 | 937.50 | 1031.60 | 984.55 | 1025.1 | 977.93 | 1,001.52 | 1030.10 | 1,119.21 | 1,074.66 |
Stress*, f bu (MPa) | 23.56 | 24.01 | 23.79 | 37.56 | 41.33 | 39.45 | 41.07 | 39.18 | 40.13 | 41.27 | 44.84 | 43.06 | |
Displacement δ bu (mm) | 1.868 | 2.030 | 1.95 | 1.556 | 1.482 | 1.52 | 1.809 | 1.853 | 1.83 | 1.399 | 1.575 | 1.49 | |
Strain+, ε bu (%) | 1.01 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.80 | |
At elastic end | Displacement δ by (mm) | 1.133 | 1.373 | 1.25 | 1.305 | 1.006 | 1.16 | 1.628 | 1.235 | 1.43 | 1.064 | 1.349 | 1.21 |
Strain+, ε by (%) | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.58 | 0.73 | 0.65 | |
Strain ratio | ε by /ε bu | 0.607 | 0.677 | 0.643 | 0.839 | 0.679 | 0.761 | 0.900 | 0.667 | 0.782 | 0.760 | 0.857 | 0.811 |