Structural Considerations for Masonry Walls -
Masonry construction dates back thousands of years. The builders of the past, took advantage of compression strength of stone and were still able to build amazing structures, without even possessing the technology to take on tensile forces, which only became possible in modern times with steel. In our age though, masonry is also combined with reinforcing steel, to make it much more ductile and resistant to loads. Masonry can be stone or brick. Today’s masonry is mainly in the form of manufactured bricks, such as CMU – Concrete Masonry Units, which are also reinforced with steel bars. From now we will mean brick masonry in this post. Both stone and […] Read More
