load bearing capacity

LOAD BEARING CAPACITY AND CRACKING RESISTANCE TO OFF-CENTER COMPRESSION OF HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCKS

The research is about concrete hollow blocks that have been and still are used widely in basement wall construction. It shows that only 10… 30% of their strength is used even for mid and high-rise construction. Therefore massive foundation blocks should be made with hollows. By design, optimized blocks can be combined into the following groups: with large cavities, open from below, with vertical closed and through cavities, horizontal cavities and ribbed.