EXAMPLE 5. NEW BUILDING DESIGN FROM LOAD-BEARING MASONRY

EXAMPLE 5: 'DESIGN OF A LOAD-BEARING MASONRY BUILDING' 17 Similarly for a scaphoid wall , the field for determining the total width g would be activated (see. 3.6.1.4 to calculate the characteristic strength by pressing ). struts , enter the dimensions according to the drawing autom atically calculate the active thickness according to formula 5.10 (see 5.5.1.3 by pressing ) In the lower right part of the window there is a summary table of the calculated values of the selected wall that is automatically filled in by the program. The user can intervene and change the values at will. OBSERVATION: At the bottom of the window you can find the average compressive strength fm , the tensile strength fwt as well as the resistance to equal biaxial compression. They relate to studies for the assessment of load-bearing masonry and the user has fill in the fields manually. The last two parameters are only necessary if the masonry is checked using a stress criterion. OBSERVATION: Every time you enter a masonry in the library, it is permanently updated. Thus, in each subsequent study the library will include both the default masonry and those entered in previous projects.