CVNG 2006 STRUCTURAL DESIGN | 2012/13 MASONRY DESIGN IN-COURSE EXAM (17 April 2013) This exam is of 2 hours 45 minutes duration and is open-book. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Data for a vertically spanning reinforced clay brick masonry wall of 150mm thickness, that is, supporting a floor, is shown below. The clay brick unit is compliant with ASTM C652. Calculate the serviceability mid-span defiection of the wall, vis the Slender Wall Procedure, ‘andcomment on whether It's suitable. The walls partialy-grouted, and can te considered pinned at the top and bottom. Height= 4.0m Unfactored wall self weight = 8 kN/m Floor load eccentricity = 00mm Unfectored floor dead load = 8 kN/m Unfactored floor live load = 4 kN/m Unfactored wind load = 2.5 kN/m? f= 8MPa Reinforcement = 16mm diameter at 600mm center-to-center [35 marks] 2. Theregions between the external frames of building are tobe fled using unarouted 150mm unreinforced masonry (URM) biock walls of conerete units compliant with ASTM 20, The typical wal is vertically spanning and isto be 3.6m high and 6.6m long. Show by calculations that this URM wall is inadequate for an unfactored wind load of 2.1 kN/m? on its face. Assume that there are no other external loads on the wall, the f value is 7.0 MPa, 0.55, and the wall is built in running-bond with Type M mortar. Also, show by calculation thet it reinforcement. possible to make the wall adequate without adding [65 marks} R.Garke 15 April 2013