TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Philipp A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Ziegert, C. T1 - Development of partial safety factors for earth block masonry T2 - Materials and Structures N2 - The main aim of the research was the development of a first valid database for material parameters of earth block masonry (EBM) with particular regard to statistical characteristics. A solid database is needed for the determination of the materials partial safety factor. Therefore, compressive strength tests were carried out with two types of earth blocks and two types of prefabricated earth mortar. The evaluation has shown that the mean variation of the compressive strength was remarkably less than expected, which indicates high quality standards of the components earth block and mortar with regard to industrial production. Using the reliability method, a partial safety factor for EBM subjected to compression was determined on the basis of these test results. The findings have shown that a common calculation method for EBM based on partial safety factors following the valid masonry construction standard is feasible. PB - Springer KW - Partial safety factor KW - Earth block masonry (EBM) KW - Reliability KW - Compressive strength PY - 2017 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38937 AN - OPUS4-38937 SN - 1871-6873 SN - 1359-5997 VL - 50 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 14 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany