ASTM C952 Test Fixture

Description

ASTM C952 – Standard Test Method for Bond Strength of Mortar to Masonry Units

 

ASTM C952 provides two procedures for measuring bond strength of mortar to masonry units: a crossed brick couplet tensile test for evaluating mortar-brick

bond strength and a stacked-bond, flexural test for evaluating mortar-concrete block bond strength

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Significance and Use

These procedures are useful for research into bond strength of masonry.

They are not intended to predict the bond strength of commercial masonry construction.

The bond strength in commercially built structures is determined by many factors beyond the characteristics of mortar, masonry units, and the procedures of this

test method.

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Referenced Documents

ASTM C 67 Test Methods of Sampling and Testing Brick and Structural Clay Tile

ASTM C 90 Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units

ASTM C 129 Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry Units

ASTM C 140 Test Methods of Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units

ASTM C 270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry

ASTM C 780 Test Method for Preconstruction and Construction Evaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced Unit Masonry

ASTM C 1072 Test Method for Measurement of Masonry Flexural Bond Strength

ASTM C 1357 Test Method for Evaluating Masonry Bond Strength

ASTM C 1437 Test Method For Flow of Hydraulic Cement Mortar

*** Before conducting ASTM C952 , it is important to read the entire specification. Standards can be obtained from appropriate standard authorities.

 

***PARSROS  offers several types of grips and fixtures which will enable you to perform a variety of tests

  that are accurate and repeatable.