Shear capacity of brick masonry with partially supported slab / Schubtragfähigkeit von Ziegelmauerwerk mit teilweise aufliegender Deckenplatte

In order to investigate the influence of a partially supported slab on the in-plane shear resistance of masonry walls, six shear tests on full scale walls were performed at the Chair of Structural Concrete of the University of Kassel in cooperation with “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mauerziegel”. The walls were made of large chamber clay masonry units and the depths of the partially supported slabs were different. The large chamber units are typically used for thermally insulated exterior walls, with the slabs only being partially supported. The influence of this constellation is not taken into account in shear capacity assessment according to the current version of Eurocode 6 for Germany. This article describes the test results and provides a comparison with Eurocode 6. In addition, the results of older shear tests on masonry walls made of vertically perforated units with eccentric load application were used.