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Masonry Guardwall Design

Masonry Guardwall Design

Masonry Guardwall Design

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I am currently designing a "masonry guardwall".  The wall is 5'-00" tall and sits on top of a stone retaining wall.  The thickness of the masonry wall is 16" and the reinforcement will be extended from masonry wall to stone wall and maintain at least a development length.  The stone retaining will require a type S motar.

According to IBC, the traffic load for this guardwall is 6,000 lbs.  I am thinking to use the 6,000 lbs of load to apply to the top of a 5'-00" wide by 5'-00" tall wall as the design model and then design rebar for flexural and shear.  It is simply considering the load is applied at top of a 5' wall and 45 degree force transfer to the base.  Is this assumption reasonable and conservative?

Is there any design samples somewhere which I can follow?

Thank you for your help.

RE: Masonry Guardwall Design

(OP)
Bridgebuster:

Thanks a lot for your help.

RE: Masonry Guardwall Design

you're welcome.

RE: Masonry Guardwall Design

I think you're going to have a real challenge making a masonry wall work for that kind of load.  You might have to use a concrete wall and face it with masonry.  Plus when you follow the load into the stone wall, you're not done with it just by developing the bars.  You need a mechanism to carry the load to its foundation.

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