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Descritption of Brick masonry houses |
This part of the system focuses on housing with lateral load resisting path consisting
of clay brick masonry walls.
The traditional, long-practised, non-engineered form of this construction being
plain i.e. unreinforced brick masonry wall houses. This is a brittle form of masonry construction and consequently vulnerable to earthquakes.
Limitations of plain brick masonry are discussed and structure for earthquake-resistant construction is provided.
Confined masonry walls, an improved type of masonry construction is introduced
and procedure for earthquake-resistant confined masonry construction is given.
Finally, reinforced brick masonry construction type is discussed and its application to
low-rise residential houses explained.
The information will apply to new construction planning, design and detailing.
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