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BS 5628-1:1992
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Code of practice for use of masonry Structural use of unreinforced masonry
Hardcopy , PDF
08-12-2005
English
09-08-2002
Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Symbols
5 Alternative materials and methods of design and
construction
Section 2. Materials, components and workmanship
6 General
7 Structural units
8 Laying of structural units
9 Rate of laying
10 Forming of chases and holes
11 Pallet slips
12 Damp proof courses
13 Wall ties
14 Cements
15 Mortars
16 Colouring agents
17 Plasticizers
18 Frost inhibitors
Section 3. Design: objectives and general recommendations
19 Basis of design
20 Stability
21 Loads
22 Design loads: partial safety factor Gamma[y]
23 Characteristic compressive strength of masonry, f[kx]
24 Characteristic flexural strength of masonry, f[kx]
25 Characteristic shear strength of masonry, f[y]
26 Coefficients of friction
27 Partial safety factors for material strength, Gamma[m]
Section 4. Design: Detailed considerations
28 Consideration of slenderness of walls and columns
29 special types of wall
30 Eccentricity in the plane of the wall
31 Eccentricity at right angles to the wall
32 Walls and columns subjected to vertical loading
33 Walls subjected to shear forces
34 Concentrated loads: stresses under and close to a bearing
35 Composite action between walls and their supporting beams
36 Walls subjected to lateral load
Section 5. Design: accidental damage
37 Design: accidental damage
Appendix A Testing
Appendix B Derivation of Beta
Appendix C Concentration to floors and roofs by means of metal
anchors and joist hangers capable of resisting
lateral movement
Appendix D Laterally loaded panels of irregular shape, or those
containing openings
Index
Figures
Tables
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