Empirical Design of Masonry
Empirical Design of Masonry
(OP)
can you please elaborate the "Empirical Design of Masonry" per MBC 2003? What design is considered empirical or if yu are using the NCMA software is it considered as a special design or just empirical?






RE: Empirical Design of Masonry
RE: Empirical Design of Masonry
RE: Empirical Design of Masonry
When you say you want a more detailed explanation, for what are you looking? Empirical design is a rule-of-thumb approach and is an alternative for having to use principles of engineering mechanics and masonry design in order to design masonry. You may also look in the ACI 530 chapter 5 for empirical design and read the commentary for that section. The Masonry Designer's Guide may also have information concerning empirical masonry design.