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Laterally Loaded Unreinforced Walls

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It is possible to distinguish two categories of wall in relation to lateral strength: firstly, wall panels, the resistance of which depends primarily on the flexural strength of masonry and, secondly, those whose resistance depends on the action of in-plane forces. Walls in the first category are those found in low-rise buildings and as cladding panels in multi-storey buildings. The lateral loading on these usually arises from wind pressure, although they have to be sufficiently robust to withstand relatively small incidental loads, for example from the movement of people and equipment in a building. The second category includes walls having the degree of precompression to be expected some two or more storeys below roof level in a loadbearing masonry structure, and walls whose location in a concrete or steel structure is such that in-plane forces would be generated in them if they were subjected to lateral deflections. These walls have lateral strengths greatly exceeding the order of wind loading, and the problem of estimating their resistance is likely to be associated with that of accidental damage.

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  1. University of Edinburgh, UK

    Arnold W. Hendry BSc, PhD, DSc, FICE (Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Past President)

  2. The British Masonry Society, UK

    Arnold W. Hendry BSc, PhD, DSc, FICE (Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Past President)

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Hendry, A.W. (1998). Laterally Loaded Unreinforced Walls. In: Structural Masonry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14827-1_7

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