Masonry Magazine June 1986 Page. 24
Loadbearing
Masonry Walls
Engineered To Be
Taller And Thinner
For Today's
Industrial & Commercial
Building Needs!
The best wall system is one that performs several functions simultaneously.
A masonry wall serves as a finished wall, but can (and should) also be a structural element.
Today's engineered, taller, thinner masonry bearing walls allow you, the design professional, to give your client more building at a lower square footage cost. This is accomplished by eliminating the perimeter steel columns and beams and using the masonry as a wall bearing element.
Masonry walls with vertical reinforcing and grouting have a dramatically improved tensile strength (for windload) while taking full advantage of masonry's compressive strength. Using this innovative engineering concept, you can now design and build 30'-0" high walls with 12" Concrete Masonry Units or 30'-0" high composite walls of brick and 8" Concrete Masonry Units.
For more information on this new design flexibility, which is based on ACI 531-79, and accepted by BOCA 1984, send $5.00 for this manual.
BAR JOIST
CONT. BOND BEAM
w/2 #5 REBAR
R wall-14.6
12" CONCRETE
MASONRY UNIT
1½"
POLYISOCYANURATE
INSULATION
#6 VERT. REBAR
32" O.C. (GROUT
CORES W/REBAR
ONLY)
STD. HORIZ. JOINT
REINF. 16" О.С.
30'-00"
24 MASONRY-MAY/JUNE, 1986
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