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Design an interior cavity wall of a two storeyed building given the ceiling height of each
storey being 3.2 m The wall is stiffened by intersecting walls 200 mm thick at 2600
mmc/c. Assume loading from roof = 15 kN/m and from each floor = 12 kN/m.

Solution:

Step 1 : Assumed Data :

Overall Thickness of cavity masonry wall = 250 mm

Thickness of each leaf = 100 mm

Thickness of cavity = 50 mm

Step 2 : Load Calculation :

Load from the roof = 15 kN/m

Load from slab = 12 kN/m

Self weight of the wall =2 * ( 2 * ( 1 * 3 * 0.1 * 20 )) = 24 kN/m

Total Load of the structure = 51 kN/m

Step 3 : Effective Height : (Table 4 – Pg 11)

Fully Restraint wall, Effective Height = 0.75 H = 0.75*3200 = 2400 mm

Step 4 : Effective Length : (Table 5 – Pg 12)

Effective Length = 0.8 L = 0.8*2600 = 2080 mm

Step 5: Effective Thickness : (Pg 13&14)

2
For cavity Walls , Effective thickness = (𝑡1 + 𝑡2 )
3

First Leaf – (Solid wall with cross wall)

Effective thickness = Actual thickness * Stiffening Coefficient

Sp = Centre to centre spacing of cross wall = 2600 mm

Wp = Width of the cross wall = 200 mm

tp = Thickness of pier = 3 tw = 3*100 = 300mm

tw = Thickness of wall = 100 mm 𝑺𝒑/𝒘𝒑 𝑺𝑪

Sp/Wp = 2600/200 = 13 10 1.4

15 1.2
tp/tw = 300/100 = 3
 (1.2−1.4)
For Sp/Wp = 13, 𝑆𝐶 = 1.4 + (15−10)
(13 − 10) 𝑆𝐶 = 1.28

Effective thickness of Leaf 1 (t1)= 100 * 1.28 = 128 mm

Second Leaf – (Solid wall)

Effective thickness of Leaf 2 (t2) = Actual thickness = 100 mm

2
For cavity Walls , Effective thickness = (𝑡1 + 𝑡2 )
3

2
Effective thickness = (128 + 100)
3

Effective thickness = 152 mm

Step 6: Slenderness ratio : (Pg 14)

𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡
𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 = 𝒐𝒓
𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

2400
Slenderness Ratio (Height) = = 15.78 = 16
152

2080
Slenderness Ratio (Length) = = 13.68 = 14
152

Final Slenderness ratio = 16 < 27

Step 7 : Stress Reduction factor : (Table 9 - Pg 16)

For Slenderness ratio = 16 , Eccentricity = 0 k s = 0.73

Step 8 : Basic Compressive Stress : (Table 8 - Pg 16)

Assume Compressive strength of brick = 10 N/mm2

Type of Mortar Used = M1

From Table 8, the Basic compressive stress of masonry = 0.96 N/mm2

Step 9 : Permissible Compressive Stress :

Permissible Compressive stress = Ks * Basic Compressive stress

= 0.73 * 0.96

Permissible Compressive stress = 0.70 N/mm2

Step 10 : Actual Compressive Stress :

𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑
Actual Compressive stress 𝜎𝑐 = =
𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏∗𝑡

51∗1000
Actual Compressive stress 𝜎𝑐 =
1000∗200
 Actual Compressive stress = 0.255 N/mm2 < 0.7 N/mm2

Actual Compressive stress < Permissible compressive stress

Selected Wall thickness of 250 mm with each leaf 100mm & cavity of 50mm stiffened by 200
mm cross wall is satisfactory.