| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Materials testing | p. 6 |
| General | p. 6 |
| Standard tests on masonry units | p. 17 |
| Compressive strength | |
| Water absorption | |
| Density | |
| Soluble salts | |
| Moisture expansion | |
| Frost resistance tests on clay masonry units | |
| Standard tests on clay pavers | p. 43 |
| Modulus of rupture | |
| Slip and skid resistance | |
| Frost resistance tests on clay pavers | |
| Standard tests on wall, floor and roofing tiles | p. 70 |
| General | |
| The European testing systems for wall and floor tiles | |
| Tile tests | |
| Test limitations | |
| The ISO testing system for tiles | |
| Slip resistance | |
| Inclined platform | |
| Other factors | |
| Clay roofing tiles | |
| Standard tests on vitrified clay pipes | p. 83 |
| General | |
| Geometry | |
| Crushing strength test | |
| Bending moment resistance test | |
| Fatigue strength | |
| Abrasion resistance | |
| Watertightness | |
| Chemical resistance | |
| Standard tests on hollow clay pot flooring | p. 91 |
| General | |
| Punching bending test | |
| Longitudinal compression test | |
| Dimensions | |
| Moisture expansion | |
| Fracture energy | |
| Other tests | p. 95 |
| Thermal expansion | |
| Tensile testing | |
| Element testing | p. 105 |
| Compressive strength | p. 105 |
| General | |
| Specimen format | |
| Construction of test specimens and test procedure | |
| Flexural strength | p. 110 |
| General | |
| Specimen format | |
| Construction of specimens and test procedure | |
| Shear strength | p. 114 |
| General | |
| Specimen format | |
| Construction of test specimens and test procedure | |
| Application of results | |
| Brickwork containing sheet damp-proof course materials | |
| Bond strength testing | p. 119 |
| Introduction | |
| Direct tension testing | |
| Flexural tension testing | |
| Bond wrench structural principles | |
| Bond wrench calibration procedure | |
| Variability of bond wrench measurements | |
| Test specimens and apparatus | |
| Testing of in situ masonry: method of use | |
| Accuracy | |
| Reporting bond wrench results for in situ tests | |
| Prototype testing | p. 139 |
| Full scale testing | p. 150 |
| Wall testing | p. 150 |
| Compression | |
| Testing machines | |
| Construction of test specimen and test procedure | |
| Lateral load | |
| Construction of walls and test procedure | |
| Shear | |
| Tests on shear walls | |
| Reinforced and prestressed masonry testing | p. 164 |
| Flexure and shear | |
| Racking shear | |
| Compression | |
| Prestressed brickwork | |
| Bed joint reinforcement | |
| Arch bridges | p. 172 |
| Explosions | p. 181 |
| Fire resistance of brickwork | p. 185 |
| Introduction | |
| History | |
| Development of fire testing methods | |
| Practical testing and performance of clay brickwork | |
| Legislation, application of test data, regulatory requirements | |
| Future developments | |
| Impact testing | p. 198 |
| Introduction | |
| Vehicle impact testing | |
| Development of laboratory test arrangement | |
| Teesside wall test arrangement | |
| Initial test programme | |
| Results | |
| Conclusions | |
| Model testing | p. 215 |
| Accelerated testing | p. 219 |
| Rain penetration testing: Laboratory and on site | p. 219 |
| Background | |
| Laboratory testing | |
| Site testing | |
| Water testing pipelines and manholes | p. 224 |
| Long-term testing | p. 228 |
| Creep testing | p. 228 |
| Definition of terms | |
| Measurement of creep | |
| Measurement of strain | |
| Experimental procedures | |
| Appraisal of existing materials | p. 238 |
| Structural testing | p. 238 |
| Flat jack testing | p. 247 |
| Introduction | |
| Form | |
| Applications in masonry | |
| Why measure stress or elastic behaviour? | |
| The principle | |
| Determination of the effective area of flat jacks | |
| Calibration of flat jacks | |
| Procedure for measurement of stress in situ using flat jacks | |
| Procedure for measurement of stress-strain behaviour in situ using flat jacks | |
| Pull-out, penetration and impact hammer tests | p. 258 |
| Introduction | |
| Individual test methods | |
| Codes and standards | p. 265 |
| Future developments | p. 270 |
| Index | p. 273 |
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