Masonry Detailing
Masonry Detailing
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Hi All,
I am relatively new to the design of masonry structures and have a question about the standard detailing of masonry. I have a wall with #4 bars @ 48". Using the working stress method, the steel is overstressed. I can up the bar to a #5, still at 48" and get this to work, but I was wondering if it would be "better" to reduce the spacing of the #4 bars to, say 32" and proceed that way. Any thoughts from more experienced designers would be appreciated.
I am relatively new to the design of masonry structures and have a question about the standard detailing of masonry. I have a wall with #4 bars @ 48". Using the working stress method, the steel is overstressed. I can up the bar to a #5, still at 48" and get this to work, but I was wondering if it would be "better" to reduce the spacing of the #4 bars to, say 32" and proceed that way. Any thoughts from more experienced designers would be appreciated.






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I forgot to ask if anyone had a good source for standard masonry details...
Thanks
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DaveAtkins
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I was figuring that would probably be the case, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something that was obvious to someone with more experience in masonry design.
Thanks again.
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