A review on different destructive methods to determine the compressive strength of an existing masonry

<p>Determination of the compressive strength of an existing masonry attracted the attention of many scientists and researchers around the world. Most of these researchers, scientists and engineers want to find the best way to obtain the compressive strength of masonry in situ with high accuracy, and less cost. There are many methods to determine the compressive strength of masonry. Some of these methods are destructive methods and others are non-destructive methods and others are partially destructive. Each one of these testing methods has advantages and disadvantages .this paper presents different destructive testing Methodsfor obtaining the compressive strength of an existing masonry. Testing procedure, the main advantages and the problems of each method are explored.