Lateral Confinement Effects on the Axial Compressive Strength of Mortar Specimen

Many researchers have confirmed that the lateral confinement increases the dynamic strength of concrete-like material in compression. It has been found that the factors responsible for the lateral confinement involve in various material and structural parameters, e.g. material inertia, hydrostatic dependence, interfacial friction, specimen slenderness etc. This paper reported quasi-static and dynamic experimental results on the compressive …