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Research Article

Influence of blockaid chairs on compression and out-of-plane behaviour of reinforced masonry walls

Tatheer Zahraa School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher Raffertyb BlockAid Pty Ltd, AustraliaView further author information
Pages 261-271 | Received 08 Dec 2020, Accepted 22 Jul 2021, Published online: 19 Aug 2021

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