Verification of a masonry wall

Masonry wall (column) is exposed to eccentric compressive force. EN

1996-1-1 Design of masonry structures is considered in a numerical
example.

red cells indicate input data fields, yellow cells are used for output data.

1. Brief
Materials
Specify the mean strength of masonry units: fu = 30 MPa

Specify materials of masonry units, input 1, 2 or 3 using:

1 - fired bricks 1
2- lime siliceous units
3- concrete units
Specify height of units: hmu = 65 mm
Specify width of units: wmu = 140 mm
Specify length of units: lmu = 290 mm
Specify group of masonry units (1-4), see EN 1996-1-1: 1
Specify strength of mortar: fm = 10 MPa

Specify type of mortar, input 1 or 2 for:

1 - designed mortar 1
2 - prescribed mortar
Production quality
Specify category of the units (1 or 2) see EN 771-1 to 6: 2
Specify class of material (1 to 5): 2
Geometry of the wall
Specify height: h= 3.3 m
Specify width of wall (smaller dimension): t= 0.440 m
Specify width of wall (greater dimension): b= 1.040 m
Loads
Specify eccentricity eid at the head or bottom (eid = Mid / Nd): eid = 0.030 m
Specify eccentricity ehe at the head or bottom due to horizontal load ehe = 0.000 m
(wind):

emd = 0.030 m
Specify eccentricity emd at the middle (emd = Mmd / Nd):

ehm = 0.000 m
Specify eccentricity ehm at the middle due to horizontal actions (wind):

2. Effective geometry of the wall

Reduction factor for the height for concrete slabs: r2 = 0.75
Effective Height: hef = r2 × h = 2.475 m
Effective thickness of the wall: tef = 0.440 m
Slenderness (should be less than 27): l = hef / tef = 5.63
3. Characteristic strength
Coefficient asec used to specify short temr modulus of elasticity Esec.
asec = 1000
Commonly 1 000:
Coefficient of normalised strength considering wmu a hmu: d= 0.81
Normalized strength of units: fb = d × fu = 24.4 MPa
Constant used to specify the characteristic strength: K= 0.55
Exponent for masonry units, commonly 0,65: a= 0.65
Exponent for mortar, commonly 0,25: b= 0.25
Characteristic strength: fk = K × fb × fmb =
a
7.80 MPa
4. Resistance at the head and foot
Eccentricity ei = hef/450: ei = 0.0055 m
ee = eid + ehe + ei =
Eccentricity at the head or bottom: 0.036 m
≥ 0,05t
Reduction factor Fi = 1 - 2ee / t = 0.84

gM = 2.20
Partial factor:
Design resistance: NRdi = Fi t b fk / gM = 1,361 kN/m
5. Resistance at the mid-height
em = emd + ehm + ei =
Eccentricity due to load 0.036 m
The total creep factor: f∞ = 1
Excentricity due to creep: ek = 0,002f∞l√tem = 0.001 m
The total eccentricity: emk = em + ek = 0.037 m
Auxiliary coefficient A1: A1 = 1 - 2emk / t =
0.832
u = [l√(fk/E)-0,063]/
Auxiliary factor u: /(0,73-1,17emk/t)= 0.182

Reduction factor: Fm = A1e-u2/2 = 0.85

Design resistance: NRdm = Fmtbfk / gM = 1,373 kN/m

Resistance of the wal NRdi = 1,361 kN/m

 a1hmu +
a2min(wmu, lmu)
hmu min(wmu, lmu) d +b D
50 50 0.85 0.92 0.077
65 50 0.95 0.96 0.014
100 50 1.15 1.08 -0.064
150 50 1.3 1.24 -0.048
200 50 1.45 1.40 -0.036
250 50 1.55 1.56 0.006
50 100 0.75 0.83 0.109
65 100 0.85 0.88 0.036
100 100 1 0.99 -0.007
150 100 1.2 1.15 -0.038
200 100 1.35 1.31 -0.026
250 100 1.45 1.48 0.018
50 150 0.7 0.75 0.070
65 150 0.75 0.80 0.063
100 150 0.9 0.91 0.011
150 150 1.1 1.07 -0.027
200 150 1.25 1.23 -0.015
250 150 1.35 1.39 0.031
50 200 0.7 0.67 -0.049
65 200 0.7 0.71 0.020
100 200 0.8 0.83 0.033
150 200 1 0.99 -0.013
200 200 1.15 1.15 -0.002
250 200 1.25 1.31 0.047
50 250 0.65 0.58 -0.104
65 250 0.65 0.63 -0.030
100 250 0.75 0.74 -0.009
150 250 0.95 0.90 -0.049
200 250 1.1 1.06 -0.032
250 250 1.15 1.23 0.066
a2 a1 b
-1.67E-03 3.22E-03 8.38E-01
 a1hmu +
a2min(wmu, lmu)
hmu min(wmu, lmu) d +b D
50 50 0.85 0.92 0.077
65 50 0.95 0.96 0.014
100 50 1.15 1.08 -0.064
150 50 1.3 1.24 -0.048
200 50 1.45 1.40 -0.036
250 50 1.55 1.56 0.006
50 100 0.75 0.83 0.109
65 100 0.85 0.88 0.036
100 100 1 0.99 -0.007
150 100 1.2 1.15 -0.038
200 100 1.35 1.31 -0.026
250 100 1.45 1.48 0.018
50 150 0.7 0.75 0.070
65 150 0.75 0.80 0.063
100 150 0.9 0.91 0.011
150 150 1.1 1.07 -0.027
200 150 1.25 1.23 -0.015
250 150 1.35 1.39 0.031
50 200 0.7 0.67 -0.049
65 200 0.7 0.71 0.020
100 200 0.8 0.83 0.033
150 200 1 0.99 -0.013
200 200 1.15 1.15 -0.002
250 200 1.25 1.31 0.047
50 250 0.65 0.58 -0.104
65 250 0.65 0.63 -0.030
100 250 0.75 0.74 -0.009
150 250 0.95 0.90 -0.049
200 250 1.1 1.06 -0.032
250 250 1.15 1.23 0.066
a2 a1 b
-1.67E-03 3.22E-03 8.38E-01
 1 2 3 4 5
1 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.5
2 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7
3 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.0