PROJECT BRIEF

You are appointed as a Structural Engineers for a project of a new load bearing Masonry wall building at CampsBay, Cape Town. The firm was given sub contract to analyse and design the Masonry wall using SANS and also design the same with any other Standard worldwide and compare your design parameter.

The details of the wall is given below:

The masonry wall conforms with all the requirments as set out in Table $2$ of SABS $10400$: Part K$-$ Walls. The Wall consists $220$ collar jointed brick wall supports a concrete tile roof on braced timber trusses, providing simple lateral support at the top. The truss is supported on the wall plate which in turn is supported o the centreline of the inner $110$ leaf of the wall $($Figure $1).$ The wall is $2950$ mm high and is contructed from $7$ MPa brick units set in Class I mortar.

Assume manufacturing and construction control condition.

OUESTION $1$

$1\mathrm{.}1$ Calculate the axial load resistance of the wall at ultimate limit state and determine the corresponding nominal imposed load and Slef weight if the ratio of Livel load and Self Weight is $($refer excel sheet$).$ Indicate clearly all the design parameter mentioned in the SANS. Justify the reasons for your solutions.

QUESTION $3$

$3\mathrm{.}1$ Also design the same wall using some research on any other standard viz, British $($BS$5628-2005)$ and Euro $($EURO CODE $6-2005),$

Also compare your design parameter and write what you understood from the design comparision.