Confined Masonry Tutorials

From WHE:

House Design, Construction, and Maintenance
“Construction and Maintenance of Masonry Houses”
(Marcial Blondet, editor) 2005
Download Tutorial: ENGLISH [4MB]| SPANISH [6 MB]| CHINESE [19MB]

-Earthquake resistant house design
-Construction process
-Maintenance and common repairs
-Sample house plans (3)

 

Seismic Design Guide For Low-Rise Confined Masonry Buildings
(Roberto Meli & Svetlana Brzev, co-chairs) 2011
Download Tutorial: ENGLISH [3.3MB]

-Explain the mechanism of seismic response of confined masonry buildings.
-Recommends design provisions related to the wall layout and density, as well as minimum sizes for structural components.
-Provides a summary of the seismic design provisions for confined masonry buildings from relevant international codes.

 

 

*Global Construction Guide & Engineered Guide under development