Thanks for the responses.
Code is AS 3700 Masonry Code (Australia) 204 pages.
Structure is an OLD hotel, 2 stories, external walls are about 6m (20') high.
Walls are rendered, so I'd need to do some destructive testing to ascertain mortar condition and type.
I'm expecting to assume zero tensile...
Thanks, I'm very much aware of all that, but regardless of codes, there must be a reasonable engineering method.
What if it's solid 2 or 3 skins, still unreinforced, but solid masonry. Hence weight of wall above.
Surely there must be something!
LOL - you're right - no it doesn't. But provided there is sufficient wall height to give compression that can resist any tension, at least I can crunch the numbers.
Obviously something like a small domestic shelf bracket is ok - it's just stepping up in size till something says "NO MORE!!"
The...
Greetings masonry designers:
Any hints on how to calc permissible locally applied bending loads on an unreinforced masonry wall (assume no openings, and vertical height known).
Eg, I want to bolt an awning onto a brick wall subject to uplift. Bolts spread 'x' cm (in) apart. Wall subject to...
