* A valid subscription to The Construction Information Service is required to download this document.
Click here to find out how to access this document
Click here to find out how to access this document
Digest 409 Masonry and concrete structures: measuring in-situ stress and elasticity using flat jacks
Publication Year
1995
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Describes how compressive stress in members and local stress-strain behaviour can be measured with a flat jack. Flat jacks have three uses in walls and other structures (such as columns and beams): i) Measuring the local compressive stress field in a structure. ii) Measuring stress-strain behaviour. iii) Measuring the force required to shear an element of the structure: not described in this Digest.
ISBN
9781860810336
Publisher Information
BRE
BRE is a building science centre that generates new knowledge through research. This is used to create products, tools and standards that drive positive change across the built environment. BRE helps its government and private sector clients meet the significant environmental, social and economic challenges they face in delivering homes, buildings and communities. BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity. The Trust uses the profits made by the BRE companies to fund research and education that advances knowledge of the built environment.
IHS BRE Press
The Capitol Building
Bracknell
BRE
UK
