dweiman
Structural
- Dec 4, 2003
- 10
Hi All,
I am relatively new to the design of masonry structures and have a question about the standard detailing of masonry. I have a wall with #4 bars @ 48". Using the working stress method, the steel is overstressed. I can up the bar to a #5, still at 48" and get this to work, but I was wondering if it would be "better" to reduce the spacing of the #4 bars to, say 32" and proceed that way. Any thoughts from more experienced designers would be appreciated.
I am relatively new to the design of masonry structures and have a question about the standard detailing of masonry. I have a wall with #4 bars @ 48". Using the working stress method, the steel is overstressed. I can up the bar to a #5, still at 48" and get this to work, but I was wondering if it would be "better" to reduce the spacing of the #4 bars to, say 32" and proceed that way. Any thoughts from more experienced designers would be appreciated.