SARAJEVO 2021/2022 YEAR

YEAR : III
SEMESTER : VI
COURSE NAME: Masonry Structures
LECTURER NAME : Damir Jagodić
LECTURE / TUTORIAL NUMBER: 2
LECTURE / TUTORIAL TITLE: Example 4 – Masonry Units

Example 4

The masonry units are made of clay dimensions 25x25x30 [cm]. The total volume of the holes (voids)
in masonry unit is 7200 cm3. The combined thickness (the total thickness of all webs in the horizontal
section) is 15 cm and the width is 25 cm. To which group of masonry units does this masonry unit
belong?

Figure 1 – Clay masonry unit (block)

Vvoids = 7200 cm3

Vgross masonry unit = 25 · 25 · 30 = 18750 cm3

𝑉𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑠 7200 𝑐𝑚3

𝑉𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑟𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡
= 18750 𝑐𝑚3 = 0,384 = 38,4 %

𝑡𝑤 15 𝑐𝑚
𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙
= 25 𝑐𝑚 = 0,6 = 60 %

MASONRY STRUCTURES / EXAMPLE 4 – MASONRY UNITS / DAMIR JAGODIĆ

SARAJEVO 2021/2022 YEAR
YEAR : III
SEMESTER : VI
COURSE NAME: Masonry Structures
LECTURER NAME : Damir Jagodić
LECTURE / TUTORIAL NUMBER: 2
LECTURE / TUTORIAL TITLE: Example 4 – Masonry Units

Figure 2 – Geometrical requirements for grouping of masonry units

According to the table from figure 2, this masonry unit belongs to group 2a.

MASONRY STRUCTURES / EXAMPLE 4 – MASONRY UNITS / DAMIR JAGODIĆ