A.R.SanthakumarVisiting Professor

IIT ( Madras)

Based on slides of

ContentsContents

• Failures in masonry structures• Planning consideration• Construction aspects• Seismic resistance of URM• Effects of loading on URM

Brick, Block or Dressed Stone Masonry

Random Rubble Undressed Stone Masonry

Gable to roofTruss to walls

Roof to walls

Floor to walls

Peripheral walls to cross walls or return

walls

Peripheral walls at corners

Integrate the box action of walls

Required at the corners of the wall and jambs of

openings