DESIGN OF MASONRY COLUMN

BASIC DATA
Unit weight of Brick = 20 kN/m2
Unit Weight of soil = 19 kN/m2
Net Safe Bearing Capacity of soil = 75 kN/m2
Angle of internal friction = 28 degree
Coefficient of active earth pressure, ka = 0.36
Ht of Wall below GL = 2 mt
Ht of wall above GL = 1.8 mt
FGL= 30.35 mt
NGL= 29.75 mt
DIFFERENCE= 0.6 MT

LOAD CALCULATION FOR MASONRY COLUMN

Wind Load
IS875-III Basic Wind Speed 50 m/s
K1 = 0.7
K2 = 1
K3 = 1
Design Wind Pressure = 0.735 kN/m2
Wind Force Acting = 0.74 kN/mt2

Soil load calculation

Soil Pressure on Plot Side= 17.835 kN/m2
Soil Pressure on Out SIde= 13.72 kN/m2

Axial load calculation for masonry column

Thk of column above FGL (A)= 0.35 mt

Ht of column above FGL (A) = 1.8 mt
Thk of column Below FGL (B)= 0.6 mt
Ht of column below FGL (B) = 0.85 mt
Thk of column Below FGL (C)= 0.9 mt
Ht of column below FGL (C) = 0.75 mt
Base width = 1.2 mt

Axial load up to coping or Plinth = 4.41 kN

Axial load Top to FDN = 22.68 kN

Check Tensile Stresses at plinth LVL for masonry column

P= 4.41 kN
A= 0.12 m2
M= 0.42 kN.mt
Z= 0.01 m3
(P/A) + (M/Z) = 0.094 N/mm2 < 0.35 N/mm2 OK
(P/A) - (M/Z) = -0.02 N/mm2 < 0.05 N/mm2 OK

Check Base pressure at Bottom of wall for masonry column

P= 22.68 kN
A= 1.44 m2
M= 1.70 kN.mt
Z= 0.29 m3
(P/A) + (M/Z) = 21.664 kN/m2 < 75 kN/m2 OK
(P/A) - (M/Z) = 9.84 kN/m2 > 0.00 kN/m2 OK