Elements of Loadbearing Brickwork

Preface

Author's Note

Glossary

Specifications and Codes of Practice


1 Manufacture and Properties of Bricks

1.1 Nature of Ceramics

1.2 Raw Materials

1.3 Processing

1.4 Action of Heat

1.5 Porosity

1.6 Strength of Bricks

1.7 Elastic Properties

1.8 Movements in Bricks

1.9 Thermal Conductivity

1.10 Durability of Bricks


2 Properties of Mortars

2.1 Development of Brickwork Mortars

2.2 Properties of Wet Mortar

2.3 Strength of Mortar

2.4 Tensile Bond Strength

2.5 Elastic Properties of Mortars

2.6 Durability of Mortars


3 Properties of Brickwork

3.1 Behavior of Brickwork in Compression

3.2 Mechanism of Failure in Brickwork under Axial Load

3.3 Simple Theory of Failure for Brickwork

3.4 Strength of Brickwork in Shear

3.5 Strength of Brickwork in Tension

3.6 Concentrated Loads on Brickwork

3.7 Movements in Brickwork

3.8 Durability of Brickwork


4 Design of Brickwork Members

4.1 Historical Background

4.2 Materials and Workmanship

4.3 Types and Layout of Building in Loadbearing Brickwork

4.4 Modes of Failure in a Brickwork Building

4.5 Loadings on a Building

4.6 Design of Brickwork Members

4.7 Design of Members with Axial Loads

4.8 Design of Members with Eccentric Loads

4.9 Design of Laterally Loaded Wall Panels


5 Reinforced Brickwork

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Principles of Design

5.3 Analysis of Reinforced Brickwork


6 Composite Action of Loadbearing Walls under Wind Loads

6.1 Parallel Walls

6.2 Parallel Walls with Asymmetry

6.3 Loadbearing Walls with Stiffening Beams

6.4 Coupled Shear Walls


7 Recent Developments in Brickwork Technology

7.1 High-Tensile Bond Mortars

7.2 Prefabricated Brickwork

7.3 Bricklaying Methods

7.4 Prestressed Brickwork

7.5 Design of Brickwork for Accidental Forces

Index

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