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Unit
Name | Specified Dimensions, mm | Equivalent Dimensions, in.
---|---|---|
| | W | h | W | h |
Vertical | | | | |
Coursing | | | | |
Modular | Enginee | 90 | 57 | 31/2 | 21/4 |
3:200 mm | | 90 | 70 | 31/2 | 23/4 |
5:400 mm | r | | | | |
Modular | Closure | 90 | 90 | 31/2 | 312 |
2:200 mm | | | | | |
TABLE 2. Currently manufactured metric brick sizes.
Specified Dimensions, mm | Equivalent Dimensions, in. | Required Modular Dimensions, mm
---|---|---|
W | h | 1 | W | h | 1 | W | h | 1
358 | 758 | 1558 | 92 | 194 | 397 | 90 | 190 | 390
558 | 758 | 1558 | 143 | 194 | 397 | 140 | 190 | 390
758 | 758 | 1558 | 194 | 194 | 397 | 190 | 190 | 390
958 | 758 | 1558 | 245 | 194 | 397 | 240 | 190 | 390
1158 | 758 | 1558 | 295 | 194 | 397 | 290 | 190 | 390
TABLE 3. Currently manufactured concrete block and hollow brick sizes.
ing BIA in 1991, she was a design engineer with a structural consulting engineering firm. As staff engineer at BIA, Subasic provides technical support to designers and others, reviews plans, performs inspections and writes and edits technical publications. She serves as administrator for the Space Heater Association of North America (MHA) in which ich capacity she she provides technical support to designers and the general public. She helps coordinate the activities of the MHA, and is a member of their board. Subasic is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials. The Masonry Society, American Solar Energy Society, American Society of Heating. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, as well as Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies.
References
1. Technical Notes on Brick Construction, Brick Institute of America, Reston, VA.
2. Drysdale, R., Hamid. A. and Baker. L... Masonry Structures, Behavior and Design, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993.
3. Metric Guide for Federal Construction, Construction Metrication Council, National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington, DC, 1991.
4. "ASTM A 615M Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement [Metric]". Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 01.04. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
5. "ASTM E 835/E 835M Standard Guide for Modular Coordination of Clay and Concrete Masonry Units". Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 04.07, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
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