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The design of storey height elements for the inner leaf of masonry cavity walls
Historically, codes of practice, such as the United Kingdom code CP111, dealt with walling rather than concrete or masonry as separate materials. CP111 was withdrawn in 1985 following the publication of BS5628 Part 2 but other European standards do still indicate that masonry design procedures may be used for the design of cavity walls constructed with a prefabricated inner leaf. Reinforced and unreinforced panels of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) have been manufactured for many years in Europe but have never proved to be particularly popular in the United Kingdom except for specialist applications, such as mansard roofs. In 2008, BS EN 12602, dealing with prefabricated reinforced components of AAC and which covers plain AAC panels containing reinforcement for handling, was published. EN 1996‐1‐1 (Eurocode 6), which is the current structural design code for masonry, does not directly limit the size of unit that can be considered as masonry but does require masonry units to be manufactured in accordance with the relevant BS EN 771 series standard, which in the case of AAC is BS EN 771‐4. This paper looks at the issues involved in designing the inner leaf of an external cavity wall using storey height elements in accordance with EN 1996‐1‐1.
The design of storey height elements for the inner leaf of masonry cavity walls
Historically, codes of practice, such as the United Kingdom code CP111, dealt with walling rather than concrete or masonry as separate materials. CP111 was withdrawn in 1985 following the publication of BS5628 Part 2 but other European standards do still indicate that masonry design procedures may be used for the design of cavity walls constructed with a prefabricated inner leaf. Reinforced and unreinforced panels of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) have been manufactured for many years in Europe but have never proved to be particularly popular in the United Kingdom except for specialist applications, such as mansard roofs. In 2008, BS EN 12602, dealing with prefabricated reinforced components of AAC and which covers plain AAC panels containing reinforcement for handling, was published. EN 1996‐1‐1 (Eurocode 6), which is the current structural design code for masonry, does not directly limit the size of unit that can be considered as masonry but does require masonry units to be manufactured in accordance with the relevant BS EN 771 series standard, which in the case of AAC is BS EN 771‐4. This paper looks at the issues involved in designing the inner leaf of an external cavity wall using storey height elements in accordance with EN 1996‐1‐1.
The design of storey height elements for the inner leaf of masonry cavity walls
Roberts, John (author) / Fudge, Cliff (author)
ce/papers ; 2 ; 397-401
2018-09-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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