Investigating the Causes of Masonry Failure and Effective Solutions in the Project
Abstract
Brick masonry is a combination of brick and mortar. For temporary work, mud mortar may be used, and for all permanent work, cement mortar is used. In this project, we focused on brick masonry failures, their causes, and remedies. This is a common issue now in the entire world, but mostly in urban areas. There are several causes that affect the failure of the masonry, i.e., the interaction effects between the clay brick units and the weaker cement mortar, earthquake settlement, temperature, etc. So in this research, first we find out the different causes that cause brick masonry failures, then identify the factor with the highest severity through questionnaire surveys. The author also recommended the best solution for the factor with high severity to reduce brick masonry failure. A total of 227 responses were considered for the study. The data was collected from employees of different construction industries in Pakistan. Convenience sampling technique, which is the type of non-probability sampling, is used for data collection purposes due to the limited time and resource constraint. The findings suggest The most severe factor is an earthquake whose severity level is 8.2, and low severity factor is temperature whose severity level is 2.8.
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