Partially Grouted Reinforced Masonry Shear Wall Design We will cover a simplified design method for designing masonry shear walls. I don’t have a direct reference at this time however the Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook 6th edition and MSJC TMS402 -05/08/11 could…
Masonry – Shear Design
Masonry Shear Design For right now I am going to cover basic shear design in accordance with MSJC 2005 / 2008 (AKA TMS 402/ACI 530). I will keep updating this for strength design and include some further discussion in the near…
Seismic Design ASCE7 Part 1
ASCE 7 Seismic Design – Part 1 We are going to break down and review seismic design in regards to ASCE7-05. We are going to cover the basics and some commentary. Hopefully I will be able to elaborate sometime in…
Reinforced Masonry Walls – Partial Grout Out of Plane ASD
Reinforced Masonry Walls – Partial Grout Out of Plane ASD Most text decide to conveniently use a fully grouted wall. Well this is great but fully grouting walls can lead to unnecessary expenses and also add to seismic weight. Therefore we will look…
Masonry Walls – Partial Grout Out of Plane STR
Masonry Walls – Partial Grout Out of Plane STR It seems that most text decide to conveniently use a fully grouted wall. Well this is great but fully grouting walls can lead to unnecessary expenses and also add to seismic weight. Therefore we…
Trial Wedge Analysis
Trial Wedge Method Update: I will be updating this post or possibly creating a new post that demonstrates a simpler, clearer way to implement the trial wedge method. It should be completed by 2013/2/17. Update: I realized a couple of…