Content Page: 67 Basic Stresses For Brick Masonry

(1) For solid masonry building-units of the dimensions of bricks, the stresses in masonry due to axial vertical loads calculated as evenly distributed stresses over- a) the cross-sectional area of a wall; or b) if there are openings in a wall, the reduced cross-sectional area between openings; or c) the cross-sectional area of a column;…