Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- The design of masonry walls for vertical loading - a review of the provisions of the SAA Masonry Code
- In
- Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Civil Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. CE30, no. 5, Dec 1988, pp. 265-277
- Description
Paper C1576
[This paper was awarded the W. H. Warren Medal 1989 and the R. W. Chapman Medal 1989]
- Abstract
The background of the design provisions of the new SAA Masonry Code for walls and piers subjected to vertical load and moments is reviewed. Factors influencing the compressive strength of masonry members are discussed, and the vertical loading provisions of the Code described. Methods of assessment of the effective eccentricity of vertical load are also presented.
