The mortar-free interlocking block masonry system and seismic analysis of walls

This paper presents a new mortar-free interlocking masonry systems based on seismic performance of rural buildings,economic developing level and construction skill. The main advantages of the interlocking masonry systems are different from conventional bricks since they do not require mortar to be laid during bricklaying work,the blocks were shaped with protruding parts,which fit exactly into recess parts in the blocks placed above,such they are automatically aligned horizontally and vertically-thus bricklaying is possible without specialized bricklaying skills. The seismic performance of the interlocking masonry wall with an opening are studied through numerical simulation method in this paper,the results indicates that the seismic performance of the mortar-free interlocking block masonry wall is enough for the rural buildings.