LATERAL LOAD BEHAVIOUR OF INTERLOCKING BLOCK MASONRY WALL

Masonry walls constructed using Interlocking Blocks, where no mortar is used for bonding of Blocks. The interface bonding of Interlocking blocks under lateral loads was studied in this paper, by modelling a 4' × 4' masonry wall. This masonry wall was analysed by assigning in-plane lateral load with varying magnitudes and compared the results with a conventional brick masonry wall. The individual dimension of each block of both types is given detailed in modelling. These models are analysed in Ansys 15.0 workbench module. Total Deformation, Equivalent stress (von - Mises), Equivalent elastic strain (von – Mises) and strain Energy was observed for both conventional brick masonry wall and Interlocking block masonry wall and hence Stress-Strain graphs and Load - Deformation graphs had been plotted. As a result, percentage variations had observed in terms of deformation at a specific load when compared with a conventional brick masonry wall.