Strength enhancement of autoclaved aerated concrete aac block and its masonry

Abstract

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete AAC is a light weight building construction product of fly ash sand water cement lime and aluminum powder which is used globally for brickwork The available AAC blocks have smooth surfaces due to which they have less bond strength than traditional clay bricks In this work first the mechanical properties of AAC block and its masonry were investigated A simple analytical model was proposed to evaluate the elastic modulus of masonry prism and was found to be...