Design of Masonry Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Design of Masonry Structures (subject code ME02000221) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 53 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02000221)Unit 1 Introduction
- Historical Perspective
- Types of Masonry structure
- Masonry Materials
- Overview of load conditions
- Masonry wall configurations
Unit 2 Characteristics of masonry constituents
- Types of masonry units such as stone
- concrete blocks
- ACC block
- clay blocks and stabilized mud blocks
- Properties of masonry units like strength
- modulus of elasticity and water absorption
- Masonry mortars – Classification and properties of mortars
- selection of mortars
Unit 3 Strength and Behavior of Masonry
- Behavior of Masonry under compression Strength and elastic properties
- factors influencing the compressive strength of masonry
- effects of slenderness and eccentricity
- water absorption
- ageing and workmanship on compressive strength
- masonry strength variation in various region of India
- Shear and Flexure Behavior of Masonry : Bond between masonry unit and mortar
- flexural and shear bond strengths flexural and shear strength of masonry
- factors affecting bond strength
- effect of bond strength on compressive strength
- flexure and shear strength of masonry
- behavior of masonry due to in- plane and out-of-plane lateral loads
Unit 4 Design of load bearing masonry buildings
- Permissible stresses & Design Considerations: Types of walls
- permissible compressive stress
- stress reduction and shape modification factors
- increase in permissible stresses for eccentric vertical and lateral load
- permissible tensile stress and shear stresses
- Effective height of walls and columns
- openings in walls
- effective length
- effective thickness
- slenderness ratio
- load dispersion
- arching action in lintels
- Problems on design considerations for solid walls
- cavity walls
- wall with pillars
- Load considerations and design of Masonry subjected to axial loads: Design criteria
- design examples of walls under axial load
- eccentric load with different eccentricity ratios
- wall with openings
- freestanding wall
- Design of load bearing masonry for buildings up to 3 stories using BIS codal provisions
Unit 5 Introduction to reinforced and confined masonry
- Reinforced masonry: Introduction
- methods of reinforcing masonry Confined masonry: Introduction
- comparison of confined masonry and Programme Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Subject Code : ME02000221 Subject Name: Design of Masonry Structures reinforced masonry
- construction challenges
- performance of confined masonry
- introduction to analysis methods
- introduction to design methodologies
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