This paper presents results from testing eight full-scale walls made of calcium silicate units. Tested walls were reinforced in the bed joint or unreinforced, with or without openings. The used reinforcement was steel truss type and fibreglass mesh coated with plastic. Tests also looked at the impact of reinforcement on load-carrying capacity and crack resistance in areas of stress concentration near openings, and at connection between perpendicular walls. Reinforcement was found to have a lower impact on load-carrying capacity, and a bigger impact on crack resistance of the masonry. The reinforcement effect on load-carrying capacity of walls reached ±10%. The flexible fibreglass mesh reinforcement caused an increase in load-carrying capacity of the lintel support zone, but did not have an impact on the load capacity of the zone of wall connections. The rigid steel reinforcement caused an increase in load-carrying capacity of the zone of wall connections, and a drop in the lintel support zone. Reinforcement in the spandrel area could increase the level of stress, at which a first crack occurred in the masonry, even by 70%. Cracking stresses at the connection between walls were even higher, up to 70-120%, due to the use of reinforcement.

本文介绍了测试八个由硅酸钙单元制成的全尺寸墙的结果。被测试的墙在床缝处加固或不加固，有无开口。所使用的钢筋为钢桁架类型，玻璃纤维网覆盖有塑料。测试还考察了钢筋对开口附近以及垂直壁之间的应力集中区域中的承载能力和抗裂性的影响。发现增强对承载能力的影响较小，而对砌体的抗裂性影响较大。对墙的承载能力的增强作用达到了±10％。柔性玻璃纤维网增强了门tel支撑区的承载能力，但对墙连接区域的承载能力没有影响。刚性钢加固导致壁连接区域的承载能力增加，而门支撑区域下降。翼d区域的钢筋可能会增加应力水平，在该应力水平下，砌体中出现第一个裂缝，甚至增加70％。由于使用了钢筋，墙之间连接处的开裂应力甚至更高，高达70-120％。