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Reinforced Concrete Masonry Walls Under Combined Axial and Flexural Loading

• ID:

  319

• ESCSI:

  3650.009

• Author:

  McLain, R. Anne, David I. McLean, and Thomas L. McLain

• Publication Name:

  The Masonry Society Journal

• Type of Publication:

  Article

• Publisher:

  Masonry Society

• Dated:

  1993

• Issue/Volume:

  February

• Other ID:

• Page(s):

  6-16

• Reference List:

  Y

• Abstract:

  Current design procedures for masonry walls are typically based on setting limits on the elastic stresses which develop due to service loads, i.e. working stress design. Working stress design does not predict the behavior of members once the materials are stresssed beyond the elastic limits, nor does it provide a rational measure of safety with respect to collapse. Ultimate strength design procedures, which are currently used in the design of concrete and steel structures, are gradually being developed and applied to reinforced masonry structures. The reason masonry design has been slow to adopt ultimate strength design is primarily because of a lack of information about reinforced masonry at the failure state. The study reported in this paper investigated the ultimate strength behavior of reinforced concrete masonry walls under combined axial and flexural loading.