Recommended practice for engineered brick masonry / Structural Clay Products Institute

Includes Bibliographical references.

Table of Contents. – Ch. 1 Building code requirements for engineered brick masonry - - Scope - - Permits and drawings - - Inspection - - Dimensions - - Materials - - Standards of quality - - Non-loadbearing brick masonry - - Lateral support - - Structural design of Brick masonry - - Brick masonry strength - - Shear on bolts and anchors - - Design of Brick masonry walls and columns - - Flexural design of reinforced brick masonry - - Construction of Brick Masonry - - Placing masonry - - Support of masonry - - Arches and Lintels - - Corbelling - - Parapet walls - - Protection during erection - - Cold weather construction. – Ch. 2 Design of members - - Nonbearing walls and columns - - Shear walls - - Beams. – Ch. 3 Design of bearing wall buildings - - Structural behavior - - Diaphragms - - Lateral load distribution - - Floor-wall connections - - Intersecting walls - - Coupled shear walls - - Foundations - - Differential movement. – Ch. 4 Guide specifications for engineered brick masonry - - Applicable specifications and codes - - Brick tests - - Mortar tests - - Prism tests - - Materials - - Mortar and grout constituents - - Reinforcement - - Storage of materials - - Workmanship - - Wetting brick - - Mixing mortar and grout - - protection of work - - Freezing weather - - Pattern bond - - Joining of work - - Tooling and tuck pointing - - Caulking recesses - - Movement joints - - Tolerances for construction - - Forms and shores. – Ch. 5 Background data and commentary - - Non-loadbearing brick masonry - - Construction of brick masonry.