SP 2O(S&T) :
Bod £ 1158
900
= 146 m say 1S m
Mowe use 1:6 cement morar (M2 grade}
fi~ 005 N/mm!
and fram the above equation
_ 230
40 000 = lm xal 2 OO)
465 1 = 200 H- S00=0
ee ee cee
” 26465
_ BW + 985
oh
=125 m
In urban areas it is a commen practice to build a
23cm thick courtyard wall for houses in 1:6
cement mortar, plastered on both sides up to a
SECTIONAL ELEVATION high of afkaut 2 mevers. It has proved 1o_ be
a Boks generally ake, becnuse the wall is braced by crore
The Code permits higher tenaibe stress in the
ease of boundry/ courtyard walls at the discretion
Considering | meter length af wall, of the Gesianet ise Nate 2 af $4.2 af the Code)
6 Thus if we degign 4 23 om wall for a tensile stress
A= Sr wit OFC Nimune. ass peemisae for MI marta
f we peta wale design beight of 1.7 m os follows)
22 ar 465-20 HW = 1 000= 0
_ 200 + (2007 + 4 5 468 CDOT
in value of p = 750 Nm? and w = 20x iS a
S17 m
2 po BBE an! H
Example 140: Design of a Staggered Free
If mortar used is of MI grade, Standing Wi
f= 07 N/mm’ = 70x 10° N/m! A brick masonzy wall of staggeted shape (ser
Fig. E45) is 23 em thick and is subject to a wind
For ¢= 23 em nominal thickness, actual thick-
sure 750 N/m. Determine the maximum
ness = 22 cm
ight nf the wall if enortar used is: (a) | ceenett :
_ 2250 sé sand (MI grade}. (b) 1 cement ; 6 sand
WW = a enag | a0 (M2 grade} wor
) Consider module length 4B of the wa!
74K -DOn H Gach bal + 22°23) on ong, Wf is
463 A 200 A 700 = the permissible tensile stress in masomry
Thip io « quadretic equation of ths ferm pnt
ax + bet c= 0 and its solution is pA
w
pxEsax
Thus at pet, MOK 253 A
200 + ROO FSX 485 * 700 2
fe = 980 FN.
” HANDBOOK ON MASONRY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION—PART I