Designing a brick veneer single angle

[gabrismarek]

Hello,
When designing brick veneer single angle , would you consider angle being braced against the torqueing, by brick veneer itself tied to the wall with brick ties?

 

[palk7 EIT]

When the bricks are connected back to the wall with ties, if the angle wants to twist or buckle out it has to pull out the bricks that are tied to the wall which is really hard to happen (considering all those brace force and fun stuffs)....... The effective length could be considered as the distance between the wall ties for the bending capacity of the L angles

 

[mijowe]

For reasonable spans (up to 8' maybe a little more) I am pretty comfortable with the standard published angles sizes. When I have done longer spans I have added additional lateral support back to the wall/header.


There is a schedule in this document for lintels up to 8'-0". I am not a fan of the 2.5" horizontal leg.

https://www.gobrick.com/docs/defaul...tes/31b-structural-steel-lintels.pdf?sfvrsn=0

 

[manstrom]

For a 4" leg angle or so, yes. There are published charts and standards for this. The brick is tight to the angle and the brick ties brace rotation.

Now, if you try to design 4" brick on a 5" or 6" angle (because of the airspace), that's where it gets a little wonky. Angles are terrible in torsion. It doesn't work unless you have very short spans or torsional bracing.