Brick Arch Floors
Brick Arch Floors
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We are looking at carrying out a mill conversion and wondered if anyone knew how we could assess the load carrying capacity of the brick arch floors without doing insitu load tests?
When was the last time you drove down the highway without seeing a commercial truck hauling goods?
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RE: Brick Arch Floors
One such, that has some limited information would be "Handbook of Building Construction" by George A. Hool and Nathan C. Johnson, McGraw-Hill, 1929, Volumns 1 & 2. Pages 299-304 covers masonry arch design and pages 426-436 covers hollow-tile floor construction.
Another that may have some useful information is "The Design of Masonry Structures and Foundations", by Clement C. Williams, McGraw-Hill, 1930.
I'm sure that there are others that would be more specific to your project, you will have to search the web and some engineering libraries.
Good luck!
RE: Brick Arch Floors
RE: Brick Arch Floors
Properly build tile arches in good condition theoretically should be strong enough for most of the building loads.
RE: Brick Arch Floors
Will try and obtain and review the book you quote