Shear tests on full scale storey-height specimens constructed with thermally insulating clay unit masonry with thin-layer mortar / Schubversuche an geschosshohen Wänden aus wärmedämmendem Planziegelmauerwerk mit Dünnbettmörtel

The paper presents results of a series of 6 in-plane shear tests on storey-height clay unit masonry panels [1] with thin-layer mortar, carried out in addition to previous test campaigns [2], [3], and [4]. The walls were constructed with unfilled thermally insulating clay units with a thermal conductivity of &lgr; quals; 0.09 W/(m · K).
The current design rules for clay unit masonry according to DIN EN 1996-1-1/NA [5] are conservative compared to the presented test results for thermally insulating clay unit masonry.