- Title
- The flexural strength of stack bonded masonry: an on-going study
- Creator
- Masia, Mark J.; Simundic, Goran; Page, Adrian W.
- Relation
- 12th North American Masonry Conference (NAMC). 12NAMC: Proceedings of the 12th North American Masonry Conference (Denver, Colorado 17-20 May, 2015) p. 1-12
- Publisher
- The Masonry Society (TMS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Stack bonded masonry is a form of construction in which the masonry units in adjacent courses are aligned vertically above one another. This bonding pattern leads to continuous vertical joints running the full height of the wall resulting in a weak form of construction particularly when subjected to lateral out-of-plane loading. Its use in Australia is not encouraged and consequently no specific design provisions are included in the Australian masonry structures code AS3700 [SA 2011]. However, architects and other designers are increasingly incorporating stack bonded masonry in their designs either as a veneer or a structural element for architectural effect, and in these cases, specific structural design requirements are needed. This paper presents the results of an on-going comprehensive study of the performance of typical Australian stack bonded brick masonry subjected to lateral out-of-plane loading under a range of support conditions. The presented results relate to the influence of bed joint reinforcing and two-way bending effects.
- Subject
- masonry; stack bond; lateral out-of-plane load; joint reinforcement
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1330615
- Identifier
- uon:26430
- Language
- eng
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