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    Brick masonry houses can behave poorly during earthquakes due to their brittle structure and vulnerability to horizontal forces from seismic waves. To improve their behavior, all walls should be properly joined to adjacent walls and tied to the roof and foundation to maintain integrity. Additionally, increasing wall thickness, decreasing wall height, and adding cross walls at closer intervals can enhance earthquake resistance of brick masonry homes.

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    Brick masonry houses can behave poorly during earthquakes due to their brittle structure and vulnerability to horizontal forces from seismic waves. To improve their behavior, all walls should be properly joined to adjacent walls and tied to the roof and foundation to maintain integrity. Additionally, increasing wall thickness, decreasing wall height, and adding cross walls at closer intervals can enhance earthquake resistance of brick masonry homes.

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    Arjun V Civil
    Brick masonry houses can behave poorly during earthquakes due to their brittle structure and vulnerability to horizontal forces from seismic waves. To improve their behavior, all walls should be properly joined to adjacent walls and tied to the roof and foundation to maintain integrity. Additionally, increasing wall thickness, decreasing wall height, and adding cross walls at closer intervals can enhance earthquake resistance of brick masonry homes.

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    EARTHQUAKE TIP 12

    How do brick masonry houses


    behave during earthquake?
    BEHAVIOUR OF BRICK WALL

     Brittle structure
     Inertia force
     Horizontal force(tip 5)
    ACTION OF WAVES
    TO IMPROVE IT’S BEHAVIOUR
     All walls must be joined properly to the adjacent
    walls.

     Walls need to be tied to the roof and foundation


    to preserve their overall integrity.
     Increasing the thickness of the wall.

     Decreasing the height of the wall.

     Providing cross walls for shorter intervals.


    THANK YOU

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