I.S. 325-1:1986

Preface
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 Design and workmanship affecting the laying
   of structural units
9 Rate of laying
10 Forming of chases and holes
11 pallet slips
12 Damp proof courses
13 Wall ties and metal angles, brackets or straps
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[f]
23 Characteristic compressive strength of masonry,
   f[k]
24 Characteristic flexural strength of masonry, f[kx]
25 Characteristic shear strength of masonry, f[v]
26 Coefficient 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
FIGURES
TABLES
APPENDICES

Provides recommendations for the structural design of unreinforced masonry constructed of normal density blocks and bricks.