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Book SynopsisGet completely up to date on the masonry requirements in the TMS 402 Building Code Requirements for Masonry StructuresMasonry Structural Design, Third Edition provides the information and insights you need to ensure that beams, columns, walls, and other building elements are designed to exceed ASCE 7 factored loads.
This comprehensive guide written by top experts in the field shows how to apply design methods to unreinforced and reinforced masonry elements. It emphasizes masonry strength design, discusses allowable-stress provisions, and clearly explains the latest advances, materials, and techniques. This updated edition includes detailed case studies of a low-rise building with reinforced concrete masonry and a four-story building with clay masonry to illustrate key principles and practices. New information covers variable phi factors for column design; changes to shear design and development length; revision of the Seismic Design chap
