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AS 4773.1:2015
[Current]Masonry in small buildings, Part 1: Design
Specifies requirements for the design and specification of masonry in buildings of Class 1 and Class 10a, as defined in the National Construction Code (NCC), and constructed from clay, concrete, or calcium silicate masonry units.
Published: 18/08/2015
Pages: 98
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 General limitations
1.2.1 Loading
1.2.2 Limitations for building geometry
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Minimum information to be provided
1.5 Definitions
2 Design criteria
2.1 Scope of section
2.2 Design requirements
2.2.1 Design for durability
2.2.2 Design for serviceability
2.2.3 Design for strength
2.2.4 Design for stability
2.2.5 Design for fire resistance
2.2.6 Design for prevention of water penetration
2.3 Serviceability, strength, stability and prevention of water penetration
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Design for serviceability
2.3.3 Design for strength
2.3.4 Design for stability
2.3.5 Design for prevention of water penetration
3 Materials
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 Masonry units
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Unreinforced loadbearing masonry
3.2.3 Unreinforced non-loadbearing masonry
3.2.4 Reinforced masonry
3.3 Mortar and grout
3.3.1 Mortar composition
3.3.2 Grout composition
3.4 Built-in components
3.4.1 Wall ties
3.4.2 Connectors and accessories
3.4.3 Lintels
3.4.4 Mullions
3.5 Reinforcement
4 Durability
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 Material selection
4.3 Exposure environments
4.3.1 Severe marine
4.3.2 Marine
4.3.3 Industrial
4.3.4 Moderate
4.3.5 Mild
4.4 Element locations
5 Fire resistance
5.1 Scope of section
5.2 General criteria
5.3 Fire-resisting masonry design criteria
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 External walls
5.3.3 Internal walls
5.3.4 Floors providing lateral support to walls
6 Wall design
6.1 Scope of section
6.2 General criteria
6.3 Vertical supports
6.4 Horizontal supports
6.5 Load width
6.6 Design for uplift
6.7 Piers
6.7.1 Unreinforced piers
6.7.1.1 Engaged piers
6.7.1.2 Isolated subfloor piers
6.7.2 Reinforced piers
6.7.2.1 Engaged piers
6.7.2.2 Isolated subfloor piers
6.8 Mullions
6.8.1 General
6.8.2 Walls without openings
6.8.3 Walls with single openings
6.8.3.1 Mullions oriented parallel to the opening
6.8.3.2 Mullions oriented perpendicular to the opening
6.8.4 Walls with double openings
6.8.4.1 Mullions oriented parallel to the opening
6.8.4.2 Mullions oriented perpendicular to the opening
7 Masonry veneer walls
7.1 Scope of section
7.2 General criteria
7.3 Wall ties
8 Cavity masonry walls
8.1 Scope of section
8.2 External walls
8.3 Internal walls
8.4 Wall ties
9 Single-leaf unreinforced masonry walls
9.1 Scope of section
9.2 External walls
9.2.1 External walls without engaged piers
9.2.2 External walls with engaged piers
9.3 Internal walls
10 Reinforced masonry walls
10.1 Scope of section
10.2 General criteria
10.3 Starter bars
10.4 Bond beams
10.5 Vertical reinforcement
11 Bracing
11.1 Scope of section
11.2 Location and distribution of bracing
11.3 Bracing capacities of walls and piers
11.4 Subfloor bracing
11.4.1 General
11.4.2 Capacities
12 Lintels
12.1 Scope of section
12.2 Steel lintels
12.3 Reinforced masonry lintels
13 Control joints
13.1 Scope of section
13.2 General criteria
13.3 Articulation joints
13.4 Contraction joints
13.5 Expansion joints
13.6 Details
14 Detailing
14.1 Scope of section
14.2 Mortar joints
14.3 Unreinforced wall connections
14.4 Reinforced wall connections
14.5 Slip joints
14.6 Isolated subfloor piers
14.7 Arches
14.8 Resistance to moisture penetration
14.8.1 Weather-resistant coatings
14.8.2 Damp-proof courses
14.9 Parapets, chimneys and cantilevers
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Imposed actions
A3 Wind loads
A3.1 General
A3.2 Wind loads
A4 Materials
A5 Lateral load capacities of masonry walls
A6 Reinforced masonry
A7 Roof connections
A8 Wall ties
A9 Bracing
A10 Lintels
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
D1 Masonry properties
D2 Lintel capacity
D3 Design tables
Amendment control sheet
AS 4773.1:2015
Amendment No. 1 (2016)
Correction
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Residential timber-framed construction — AS 1684.2 (Non-cyclone areas) & AS 1684.3 (Cyclone areas) Supplements
[Superseded]
Built-in components for masonry construction, Part 2: Connectors and accessories
[Current]
Continuous hot-dip metallic coated steel sheet and strip — Coatings of zinc and zinc alloyed with aluminium and magnesium
[Current]
Concrete structures - Commentary (Supplement 1 to AS 3600:2018)
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