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E values for masonry wall panels under lateral wind load

Thread starter normm
Start date Mar 9, 2009

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Mar 9, 2009

normm

Structural

Can anyone suggest how to calculate bending moments in a non-standard brickwork panel wall under lateral loading. The code like BS 5628 give tables for standard cases and suggest that for non-standard cases with window openings Finite Element method can be used. As a panel is orthotropic ie have 2 different E-values in orthogonal directions, E-values will need to be input.

What E-values in 2 different directions can you use?

many thanks