Technical Committee on Masonry Design
Preface
1 Scope
2 Reference publications, definitions and standard notation,
and units
2.1 Reference publications
2.2 Definitions and standard notation
2.3 Units
3 General requirements
3.1 Design methods
3.2 Other design methods
3.3 Drawings and related documents
3.4 Materials
4 Design requirements
4.1 Specified loads and effects
4.2 Limit states design
4.3 Factored resistance
4.4 Structural integrity
4.5 Limits on use of unreinforced masonry
4.6 Seismic design
4.7 Fire resistance
4.8 Support of masonry
4.9 Connectors
4.10 Serviceability
4.11 Durability
4.12 Fibre-reinforced polymers
5 Specified strengths used in design
5.1 Masonry compressive strength
5.2 Masonry tensile strength
5.3 Masonry shear strength
5.4 Masonry bearing strength
5.5 Reinforcing steel yield strength
5.6 Prestressing steel strength
5.7 Connector strength
6 Analysis of the structure
6.1 Safety and serviceability
6.2 Methods of analysis
6.3 Alternative methods of analysis
6.4 Secondary effects
6.5 Modulus of elasticity
6.6 Composite members
6.7 Cavity walls
7 Design of unreinforced walls and columns
7.1 General
7.2 Design requirements for axial load and bending
7.3 Effective cross-sectional area
7.4 Maximum factored axial load resistance
7.5 Effective height
7.6 Shear wall flanges
7.7 Axial load and minor axis bending in walls
7.8 Axial load and biaxial bending in walls
7.9 Columns
7.10 Shear in walls and columns
7.11 Intersections
7.12 Flexural wall panels
7.13 Infill shear walls
7.14 Bearing resistance for concentrated load
8 Glass block masonry
8.1 General
8.2 Design requirements
9 Veneer
9.1 Unit masonry veneer
9.2 Dimension cut stone and manufactured stone veneer
10 Design of reinforced walls and columns
10.1 General
10.2 Design requirements for axial load and bending
10.3 Effective cross-sectional area
10.4 Maximum factored axial load resistance
10.5 Effective height
10.6 Effective compression zone width
10.7 Axial load and minor axis bending in walls
10.8 Axial load and biaxial bending in walls
10.9 Columns
10.10 Shear in walls and columns
10.11 Intersections
10.12 Infill shear walls
10.13 Bearing resistance for concentrated load
10.14 Service load deflections
10.15 Minimum and maximum reinforcement in walls and
columns
10.16 Seismic design of ductile shear walls
11 Design of reinforced beams
11.1 General
11.2 Bending in beams
11.3 Shear in beams
11.4 Service load deflection of beams
12 Reinforcement: Details, development, and splices
12.1 General
12.2 Lateral ties of reinforcement in compression
12.3 Hooks and bends
12.4 Development of reinforcement
12.5 Splicing of reinforcement
13 Design of prestressed masonry
13.1 General
13.2 Serviceability
13.3 Ultimate strength
13.4 Minimum bending strength
13.5 Shear resistance
13.6 Tendon anchorage zones
14 Design of prefabricated masonry
14.1 General
14.2 Additional details on drawings
14.3 Lifting devices
14.4 Additional loads
14.5 Joints and bearings
14.6 Tolerances at joints and connections
15 Field control tests during construction
15.1 Masonry unit tests
15.2 Mortar tests
15.3 Grout tests
15.4 Masonry assembly tests - Flexural tensile bond
strength
Annexes
A (normative) - Dimension cut stone and manufactured stone
veneer
B (normative) - Effective length factors
C (normative) - Determination of specified strength
D (normative) - Method of test for compressive strength and
modulus of elasticity of masonry prisms
E (normative) - Method of test for flexural tensile bond strength
F (normative) - Empirical design for unreinforced