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CE615

Design of Masonry Structures

Course Introduction

Prof. Hemant B. Kaushik


Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati 781039
Email: [email protected]

CE615: Design of Masonry Structures

◼ Credits: 3:0:0:6
◼ Course Content
◼ Behavior under Different Loads: Gravity, In-Plane, and Out-of-Plane
◼ Material properties: Bricks, Mortar, Prism, Wallettes
◼ Bonding Patterns, Floor Diaphragms
◼ Gravity Load Analysis, Lateral Load Analysis
◼ Reinforced Masonry
◼ Design of Members: Working Stress Method, Strength Design
◼ Shear and Flexure, Combined Bending and Axial Loads
◼ Masonry as Infill, Confined Masonry
◼ Strengthening
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Texts/References
◼ Indian Standards 1905:1987, SP20:1991.
◼ Dayaratnam, P. Brick and Reinforced Brick Structures, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, 1987.
◼ Orton, A. “Structural design of masonry”, Longman Publishers, 2nd edition, 1992.
◼ Paulay, T. and Priestley, M. J. N. “Seismic design of reinforced concrete and masonry buildings”,
John Wiley and Sons, 1992.
◼ Tomazevic, M. “Earthquake resistant design of masonry buildings”, Imperial College Press, 1999.
◼ Klinger, R. E. “Masonry: structural design”, McGraw Hill, 2010.
◼ Drysdale, R. G., Hamid, A. A., and Baker, L. R. “Masonry structures: behaviour and design”, The
Masonry Society, Boulder Colorado, 2nd edition, 1999.
◼ Hendry, A. W. “Structural masonry”, Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1998.
◼ Hendry, A. W., Sinha, B. P. and Davies, S. R. Design of Masonry Structures, E&FN Spon, UK,
1997.
◼ Sahlin, S. Structural Masonry, Prentice Hall, Englewood, Cliffs, NJ, 1971.
◼ Schneider, R. S. and Dickey, W. L. Reinforced Masonry Design, Prentice Hall, 3r edn, 1994.

Hemant B. Kaushik, IIT Guwahati Slide 3

Grading Policy

◼ Assignments: 10 Marks
◼ Surprised Short Quizzes (Oral/Written): 10 Marks
◼ Research Term Paper: 10 Marks
◼ Mid Sem Exam: 30 Marks
◼ End Sem Exam: 40 Marks

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Terminology
Masonry Wall
Brick Unit
+
Mortar
Masonry
Wallette
Masonry
Prism

A masonry Wallette is a small-scale model or sample of a masonry wall


constructed to study and test its behavior under specific conditions.
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Terminology
Solid Brick
Frog
Stretcher
Hollow Brick
Header

Length ~ 200-230 mm
Width ~ 100-115 mm
Thickness (Height) ~ 65-75 mm

Spandrels & Piers

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Bonds

Stretcher Bond or
Running Bond
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Bonds

English Bond

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4
Bonds
Flemish Bond

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Bonds

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Masonry Work

◼ Tools

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Review of Performance during past Earthquakes

◼ URM = Unreinforced masonry


◼ Performance of URM buildings during past earthquakes will throw
some insight on
◼ Seismic vulnerability of these buildings
◼ Damage modes in different members
◼ Failure modes

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