Abstract
The article shows methods for determining the strength of masonry walls of a ceramic fence depending on the strength of ceramic bricks and mortar. In addition, in order to assess the strength of the ceramic brick wall during cutting, tests were carried out on prototypes made of ceramic solid bricks on a vertical horizontal seam of the mortar. Products made of ceramic bricks and hollow ceramic bricks showed a significant difference in the experimental values of cutting resistance in the section of contact with the data obtained in accordance with the norms. For laying hollow bricks, the movable values of the contact cross-section were 1.8 times higher than the calculated ones and 13 times higher than those established by them. The strength when cutting walls made of hollow bricks with a volume of 18% obtained on the basis of the experiment, respectively, when calculated according to the norms exceeded the growth by 2.6 and 3.5 times, respectively.