(f) Deformation properties of masonry It is stated that the stress-strain relationship for masonry is parabolic in form but may for design purposes be assumed as an approximation to be rectangular or parabolic-rectangular. The latter is a borrowing from reinforced concrete practice and may not be applicable to all kinds of masonry. The modulus of elasticity to be assumed is the secant modulus at the serviceability limit, i.e. at one-third of the maximum load. Where the results of tests in accordance with the relevant European standard are not available E under service conditions and for use in structural analysis may be taken as 1000f k . It is further recommended that the E value should be multiplied by a factor of 0.6 when used in determining the serviceability limit state. A reduced E value is also to be adopted in relation to long-term loads. This may be estimated with reference to creep data. In the absence of more precise data, the shear modulus may be assumed to be 40% of E. Table 4.7 Values of f vk0 and limiting values of f vk for general-purpose mortar (EC6) a ©2004 Taylor & Francis (g) Creep, shrinkage and thermal expansion A table is provided of approximate values to be used in the calculation of creep, shrinkage and thermal effects. However, as may be seen from Table 4.8 these values are given in terms of rather wide ranges so that it is difficult to apply them in particular cases in the absence of test results for the materials being used. 4.4.4 Section 4: design of masonry (a) General stability Initial provisions of this section call for overall stability of the structure to be considered. The plan layout of the building and the interconnection of Table 4.8 Deformation properties of unreinforced masonry made with generalpurpose mortar (EC6). ©2004 Taylor & Francis elements must be such as to prevent sway. The possible effects of imperfections should be allowed for by assuming that the structure is inclined at an angle of to the vertical where h tot is the total height of the building. One designer must, unambiguously, be responsible for ensuring overall stability. (b) Accidental damage Buildings are required to be designed in such a way that there is a ‘reasonable probability’ that they will not collapse catastrophically under the effect of misuse or accident and that the extent of damage will not be disproportionate to the cause. This is to be achieved by considering the removal of essential loadbearing members or designing them to resist the effects of accidental actions. However, no specific rules relating to these requirements are given. (c) Design of structural members The design of members has to be such that no damage is caused to facings, finishes, etc., but it may be assumed that the serviceability limit state is satisfied if the ultimate limit state is verified. It is also required that the stability of the structure or of individual walls is ensured during construction. Subject to detailed provisions relating to the type of construction, the design vertical load resistance per unit length, N Rd , of an unreinforced masonry wall is calculated from the following expression: (4.12) where Φ i,m is a capacity reduction factor allowing for the effects of slenderness and eccentricity (Φ i applies to the top and bottom of the wall; Φ m applies to the mid-height and is obtained from the graph shown in Fig. 4.6), t is the thickness of the wall, f k is the characteristic compressive strength of the masonry and ␥ m is the partial safety factor for the material. The capacity reduction factor Φ i is given by: (4.13) where e i is the eccentricity at the top or bottom of the wall calculated from (4.14) where M i and N i are respectively the design bending moment and vertical load at the top or bottom of the wall and e hi and e a are ©2004 Taylor & Francis Rules are given for the assessment of the effective height of a wall. In general, walls restrained top and bottom by reinforced concrete slabs are assumed to have an effective height of 0.75×actual height. If similarly restrained by timber floors the effective height is equal to the actual height. Formulae are given for making allowance for restraint on vertical edges where this is known to be effective. Allowance may have to be made for the presence of openings, chases and recesses in walls. The effective thickness of a wall of ‘solid’ construction is equal to the actual thickness whilst that of a cavity wall is (4.18) where t 1 and t 2 are the thicknesses of the leaves. Some qualifications of this rule are applicable if only one leaf is loaded. The out-of-plane eccentricity of the loading on a wall is to be assessed having regard to the material properties and the principles of mechanics. A possible, simplified method for doing this is given in an Annex, but presumably any other valid method would be permissible. An increase in the design load resistance of an unreinforced wall subjected to concentrated loading may be allowed. For walls built with units having a limited degree of perforation, the maximum design compressive stress in the locality of a beam bearing should not exceed (4.19) where and A ef are as shown in Fig. 4.7. This value should be greater than the design strength f k / ␥ m but not greater than 1.25 times the design strength when x=0 or 1.5 times this value when x=1.5. No increase is permitted in the case of masonry built with perforated units or in shell-bedded masonry. (d) Design of shear walls Rather lengthy provisions are set out regarding the conditions which may be assumed in the calculation of the resistance of shear walls but the essential requirement is that the design value of the applied shear load, V sd , must not exceed the design shear resistance, V Rd , i.e. (4.20) where f vk is the characteristic shear strength of the masonry, t is the thickness of the masonry and l c is the compressed length of the wall (ignoring any part in tension). Distribution of shear forces amongst interconnected walls may be by elastic analysis and it would appear that the effect of contiguous floor ©2004 Taylor & Francis provisions for shear reinforcement are, however, more elaborate and provide for the possible inclusion of diagonal reinforcement, which is uncommon in reinforced masonry sections. A section is included on the design of reinforced masonry deep beams which may be carried out by an appropriate structural theory or by an approximate theory which is set out in some detail. In this method the lever arm, z, for calculating the design moment of resistance is, referring to Fig. 4.8, the lesser of (4.21) where l ef is the effective span, taken to be 1.15×the clear span, and h is the clear height of the wall. The reinforcement A s required in the bottom of the deep beam is then (4.22) where M Rd is the design bending moment and f yk is the characteristic strength of the reinforcement. The code also calls for additional nominal bed-joint reinforcement to a height of 0.5l above the main reinforcement or 0.5d, whichever is the lesser, ‘to resist cracking’. In this case, an upper limit of is specified although a compression failure in a deep beam seems very improbable. Other clauses deal with serviceability and with prestressed masonry. The latter, however, refer only to ENV 1992–1–1 which is the Eurocode for prestressed concrete and give no detailed guidance. Fig. 4.8 Representation of a deep beam. ©2004 Taylor & Francis 4.4.5 Sections 5 and 6: structural detailing and construction Section 5 of ENV 1996–1–1 is concerned with detailing, making recommendations for bonding, minimum thicknesses of walls, protection of reinforcement, etc. Section 6 states some general requirements for construction such as handling and storage of units and other materials, accuracy limits, placing of movement joints and daily construction height. ©2004 Taylor & Francis 5 Design for compressive loading 5.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter deals with the compressive strength of walls and columns which are subjected to vertical loads arising from the self-weight of the masonry and the adjacent supported floors. Other in-plane forces, such as lateral loads, which produce compression are dealt with in Chapter 6. In practice, the design of loadbearing walls and columns reduces to the determination of the value of the characteristic compressive strength of the masonry (f k ) and the thickness of the unit required to support the design loads. Once f k is calculated, suitable types of masonry/mortar combinations can be determined from tables, charts or equations. As stated in Chapter 1 the basic principle of design can be expressed as design vertical loading р design vertical load resistance in which the term on the left-hand side is determined from the known applied loading and the term on the right is a function of f k , the slenderness ratio and the eccentricity of loading. 5.2 WALL AND COLUMN BEHAVIOUR UNDER AXIAL LOAD If it were possible to apply pure axial loading to walls or columns then the type of failure which would occur would be dependent on the slenderness ratio, i.e. the ratio of the effective height to the effective thickness. For short stocky columns, where the slenderness ratio is low, failure would result from compression of the material, whereas for long thin columns and higher values of slenderness ratio, failure would occur from lateral instability. A typical failure stress curve is shown in Fig. 5.1. The actual shape of the failure stress curve is also dependent on the properties of the material, and for brickwork, in BS 5628, it takes the form of the uppermost curve shown in Fig. 4.4 but taking the vertical axis to ©2004 Taylor & Francis on the slenderness ratio and the eccentricity, and the equation for calculating the tabular values is given in Appendix B1 of the code as: (5.1) where e m is the larger value of e x , the eccentricity at the top of the wall, and e t , the eccentricity in the mid-height region of the wall. Values of e t are given by the equation: (5.2) where (h ef /t) is the slenderness ratio (section 5.4) and e a represents an additional eccentricity to allow for the effects of slenderness. A graph showing the variation of ß with slenderness ratio and eccentricity was shown previously in Fig. 4.4 and further details of the method used for calculating ß are given in sections 5.6.2 and 5.9. 5.3.2 ENV 1996–1–1 A similar approach is used in the Eurocode, ENV 1996–1–1, except that a capacity reduction factor Φ is used instead of ß. The effects of slenderness and eccentricity of loading are allowed for in both Φ and ß but in a slightly different way. In the Eurocode, values of Φ i at the top (or bottom) of the wall are defined by an equation similar to that given in BS 5628 Fig. 5.2 Eccentric axial loading. ©2004 Taylor & Francis whilst values of Φ m in the mid-height region are determined from a set of curves (Fig. 4.6). 1. At the top (or bottom) of the wall values of Φ are defined by (5.3) where (5.4) where, with reference to the top (or bottom) of the wall, M i is the design bending moment, N i the design vertical load, e hi the eccentricity resulting from horizontal loads, e a the accidental eccentricity and t the wall thickness. The accidental eccentricity e a , which allows for construction imperfections, is assumed to be h ef /450 where h ef is the effective height. The value 450, representing an average ‘category of execution’, can be changed to reflect a value more appropriate to a particular country. 2. For the middle fifth of the wall Φ m can be determined from Fig. 4.6 using values of h ef /t ef and e mk /t. Figure 4.6, used in EC6, is equivalent to Fig. 4.4, used in BS 5628, to obtain values of Φ and ß respectively. The value of e mk is obtained from: (5.5) where, with reference to the middle one-fifth of the wall height, M m is the design bending moment, N m the design vertical load, e hm the eccentricity resulting from horizontal loads and e k the creep eccentricity defined by e k =0.002Φ ∞ (h ef /t m ) (te m ) 1/2 where Φ ∞ is a final creep coefficient obtained from a table given in the code. However, the value of e k can be taken as zero for all walls built with clay and natural stone units and for walls having a slenderness ratio up to 15 constructed from other masonry units. Note that the notation e a used in EC6 is not the same quantity e a used in BS 5628. They are defined and calculated differently in the two codes. 5.4 SLENDERNESS RATIO This is the ratio of the effective height to the effective thickness, and therefore both of these quantities must be determined for design purposes. The maximum slenderness ratio permitted according to both BS 5628 and ENV 1996–1–1 is 27. ©2004 Taylor & Francis 5.4.1 Effective height The effective height is related to the degree of restraint imposed by the floors and beams which frame into the wall or columns. Theoretically, if the ends of a strut are free, pinned, or fully fixed then, since the degree of restraint is known, the effective height can be calculated (Fig. 5.3) using the Euler buckling theory. In practice the end supports to walls and columns do not fit into these neat categories, and engineers have to modify the above theoretical values in the light of experience. For example, a wall with concrete floors framing into the top and bottom, from both sides (Fig. 5.4), could be considered as partially fixed at both ends, and for this case the effective length is taken as 0.75h, i.e. half-way between the ‘pinned both ends’ and the ‘fixed both ends’ cases. In the above example it is assumed that the degree of fixity is half-way between the pinned and fixed case, but in reality the degree of fixity is dependent on the relative values of the stiffnesses of the floors and walls. For the case of a column with floors framing into both ends, the stiffnesses of the floors and columns are of a similar magnitude and the effective height is taken as h, the clear distance between lateral supports (Fig. 5.4). (a) BS 5628 In BS 5628 the effective height is related to the degree of lateral resistance to movement provided by supports, and the code distinguishes between two types of resistance—simple and enhanced. The term enhanced resistance is intended to imply that there is some degree of rotational restraint at the end of the member. Such resistances would arise, for example, if floors span to a wall or column from both sides at the same level or where a concrete floor on one side only has a bearing greater than 90 mm and the building is not more than three storeys. Fig. 5.3 Effective height for different end conditions. ©2004 Taylor & Francis [...]... additional eccentricity, using equation (4. 2) and the total eccentricity et using equation (4. 3) 3 If ex>et then ex governs the design If et>ex then et (the eccentricity at mid-height) governs 4 Taking em to represent the larger value of ex and et, then if em is р0.05t the design load resistance is given by (ßtfk)/␥m, with ß=1, and if em ©20 04 Taylor & Francis >0.05t the design load resistance is given by... with nE 2I 2/h2 Here E and I represent the appropriate modulus of elasticity and second moment of area respectively, and w3 and w4 are the design uniformly distributed loads modified by the partial safety factors If less than four members frame into a joint then the equation is modified by ignoring the terms related to the missing members Fig 5.10 Simplified frame diagram ©20 04 Taylor & Francis The... less than 6, and therefore no additional term due to slenderness effect is required That is em=60 mm and Note that the design vertical load resistance for the above example would be (a) (b) ©20 04 Taylor & Francis That is, the largest value of ßXX and ßYY is used in order to ensure that the smaller value of fk will be determined when the design vertical load resistance is equated to the design vertical... in Chapter 4 and illustrated in Chapter 10 For design according to the Eurocode, ß in equation (5.11) would be replaced by Φ Using standard tables or charts and modification factors where applicable, the compressive strength of the masonry units and the required mortar strength to provide the necessary value of fk can be obtained Examples of the calculation for an inner solid brick wall and an external... For walls restrained top and bottom and stiffened on two vertical edges where L is the distance between the centres of the stiffening walls If Lу30t, where t is the thickness of the stiffened wall, take 4= 2 Note that walls may be considered as stiffened if cracking between the wall and the stiffening is not expected or if the connection is designed to resist developed tension and compression forces... leaf of the cavity 5.6 .4 Design vertical strength for concentrated loads Increased stresses occur beneath concentrated loads from beams and lintels, etc (see Fig 4. 5), and the combined effect of these local stresses with the stresses due to other loads should be checked The concentrated load is assumed to be uniformly distributed over the bearing area (a) BS 5268 In BS 5628 two design checks are suggested:... is given by (ßtfk)/␥m, with ß=1.1(12em/t) 5.6.2 Design vertical load resistance of columns For columns the design vertical load resistance is given in BS 5628 as (ßtfk)/␥m, but for this case the rules in Table 5.2 apply to the selection of ß from Fig 4. 4 If the eccentricities at the top of the column about the major and minor axes are greater than 0.05b and 0.05t respectively, then the code recommends... joists and proposes that for this case the eccentricity be taken as у0.4t Also, since the results obtained from the equation tend to be conservative the code allows the use of a reduction factor (1-k /4) if the design vertical stress is greater than 0.25 N/mm2 The value of k is given by (5.9) where each k is the stiffness factor defined by EI/h 5.5.3 Frame analysis If the wall bending moment and axial... relative rotation of the wall and slab at the joints and changing wall stiffness due to tension cracking in flexure are being developed Fig 5.11 Multi-storey frame and typical joint ©20 04 Taylor & Francis 5.6 VERTICAL LOAD RESISTANCE The resistance of walls or columns to vertical loading is obviously related to the characteristic strength of the material used for construction, and it has been shown above... eccentricity and slenderness ratio, and the Swedish code allows for it by introducing the ultimate strain value for the determination of the reduction factor 5.6.1 Design vertical load resistance of walls Using the principles outlined above the design vertical load resistance per unit length of wall is given in BS 5628 as (ßtfk)/␥m where ␥m is the partial safety factor for the material and ß is obtained . wall calculated from (4. 14) where M i and N i are respectively the design bending moment and vertical load at the top or bottom of the wall and e hi and e a are ©20 04 Taylor & Francis Rules. used. 4. 4 .4 Section 4: design of masonry (a) General stability Initial provisions of this section call for overall stability of the structure to be considered. The plan layout of the building and. construction such as handling and storage of units and other materials, accuracy limits, placing of movement joints and daily construction height. ©20 04 Taylor & Francis 5 Design for compressive