GS Soil & Materials Engineers (P) Ltd.

Consortium (Soil Investigation & Analysis, Design & Construction of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
Analysis, Geo-synthetic Design & Supply, Field Investigation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

In Situ Shear Strength Test of Bed Joint Mortar

Project Kumari Ghar

Floor : Ground
Grid: Point 1
Structural Element :Wall

Jack Area= 7850 mm²

Brick Size
Length= 170 mm
Breadth= 120 mm
Height= 70 mm

Mortar Contact Area= 52700 mm²

Height of wall above test brick= 5.507 m

Force(F) in
Displacement Pressure Reading Pressure in
S.No. Newton= P*Jack
reading,mm (kg/cm²) Mpa (P) Area

1 5 10 0.98 7693
2 8 10 0.98 7693

Shear Strength of sample= 0.15 Mpa

Overburden Height= 5.507 m
Unit weight of masonry= 19 KN/m³
Overburden Pressure= 0.10 Mpa
Corrected Shear Strength= 0.04 Mpa
GS Soil & Materials Engineers (P) Ltd.
Consortium (Soil Investigation & Analysis, Design & Construction of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
Analysis, Geo-synthetic Design & Supply, Field Investigation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

In Situ Shear Strength Test of Bed Joint Mortar

Project Kumari Ghar

Floor : Ground
Grid: Point 2
Structural Element :Wall

Jack Area= 7850 mm²

Brick Size
Length= 150 mm
Breadth= 120 mm
Height= 60 mm

Mortar Contact Area= 45000 mm²

Height of wall above test brick= 5.52 m

Force(F) in
Displacement Pressure Reading Pressure in
S.No. Newton= P*Jack
reading,mm (kg/cm²) Mpa (P) Area

1 7 10 0.98 7693

Shear Strength of sample= 0.17 Mpa

Overburden Height= 5.52 m
Unit weight of masonry= 19 KN/m³
Overburden Pressure= 0.10 Mpa
Corrected Shear Strength= 0.07 Mpa
GS Soil & Materials Engineers (P) Ltd.
Consortium (Soil Investigation & Analysis, Design & Construction of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
Analysis, Geo-synthetic Design & Supply, Field Investigation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

In Situ Shear Strength Test of Bed Joint Mortar

Project Kumari Ghar

Floor : Ground
Grid: Point 3
Structural Element :Wall

Jack Area= 7850 mm²

Brick Size
Length= 230 mm
Breadth= 120 mm
Height= 60 mm

Mortar Contact Area= 69000 mm²

Height of wall above test brick= 5.50 m

Force(F) in
Displacement Pressure Reading Pressure in
S.No. Newton= P*Jack
reading,mm (kg/cm²) Mpa (P) Area

1 4 10 0.98 7693
2 9 15 1.47 11539.5

Shear Strength of sample= 0.17 Mpa

Overburden Height= 5.50 m
Unit weight of masonry= 19 KN/m³
Overburden Pressure= 0.10 Mpa
Corrected Shear Strength= 0.06 Mpa
neers (P) Ltd.
of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
gation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

Joint Mortar

Shear Stress
(Mpa)=F/contact
area

0.15
0.15
neers (P) Ltd.
of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
gation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

Joint Mortar

Shear Stress
(Mpa)=F/contact
area

0.17
neers (P) Ltd.
of Piling, Anchoring, Slope Stability
gation, Soil & Material Lab Testing)

Joint Mortar

Shear Stress
(Mpa)=F/contact
area

0.11
0.17