• C.Logeshwaran
• G.Bagavathprasanth
• DR.K.Vidhya
• P.Deepan

The compressive strength of masonry, whether it is brick or concrete block (solid or hollow), is of paramount importance in the design of masonry structures which are now being increasingly used. The compressive strength of masonry depends on the strength and elastic properties of masonry unit, mortar etc. Experimental determination of masonry compressive strength requires a lot of time in addition to effort. This drawback can be overcome by effective and reliable computer simulation of masonry wall test. The present work aims at simulating the masonry wall test using ABAQUS software. Some of the masonry wall tests available in literature as well as the wall test conducted in the present work have been successfully simulated using the aforesaid software. There is a reasonable agreement between the experimental and numerical values for compressive strength of solid fly ash brick masonry as obtained from the wall test of present work. The experimental carried out to determine the efficiency of ash brick in strengthening of masonry wall. Masonry wall have been build using fly ash bricks and cement mortar such as 1:4 where the parameters such as ultimate load and stress strain behaviour are measured and analysed using ABAQUS. The crack patterns observed during the experiment (masonry prism test) and predicted by ABAQUS resemble each other to a good extent.

Keywords— Masonry wall; fly ash brick; compressive strength; finite element analysis; stress strain behaviour; ABAQUS, Gypsum, Eco- sand.

"Structural behaviour of hybrid ash brick masonary prism and brick masonry using Abaqus", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.549-556, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905E79.pdf

"Structural behaviour of hybrid ash brick masonary prism and brick masonry using Abaqus", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp549-556, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905E79.pdf