Abstract
Both Australia and the United States have standardized new tests to determine the compressive strength of masonry using a stack-bonded prism specimen and the bond strength of masonry using a flexure type bond test.In the past design engineers have relied upon individual unit tests and the 28 day compressive strength of masonry mortar cubes both for design and quality control.In order to evaluate the prism and bond tests for Canadian materials, a large number of tests were performed utilizing these new methods and results correlated to the properties of site sampled mortars. The results, so obtained, appear to support the acceptance of such tests for the quality control of load bearing clay brick masonry.
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