Hollow Block Wall Lateral Support
Hollow Block Wall Lateral Support
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Does 150 mm thick non load bearing hollow block outer wall is suitable for the height of 3.5m, however wind pressure is 1 KN/m^2 or I need to provide some lateral support to the wall if answer is yes then by providing the horizontal dowel bars (8mm dia) between wall and RCC column at 1m intervals is reasonable solution as shown below?
Column spacing is 4.5 m
or any other way to provide lateral support???
Column spacing is 4.5 m
or any other way to provide lateral support???






RE: Hollow Block Wall Lateral Support
Dave
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yes i am assuming that the RCC column will provide lateral support to Hollow block wall by providing the above type of connection , actually i am talking about the horizontal wind pressure which will apply directly to the wall as shown below so my question is that the 3.5 m height is resalable however wall thickness is 150 mm or still i need to provide special connection for lateral/horizontal support.
concrete filling will be up to 2 blocks near to the RCC column as shown below
RE: Hollow Block Wall Lateral Support
I doubt you will be able to get a 6 inch (150 mm) thick hollow-block wall to span that distance under wind load. I strongly suggest adding reinforcement with either bond beams (if the wall is assumed to span horizontally) or vertical reinforcement in the cells (if spanning vertically), or both.
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so now i am again confused how i can make the dowel connection as yo suggested above ????
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Dave
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Dik