Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

Sustainable Buildings with Brick Masonry Slabs

V. K. Dogra, Dr. S. N. Sinha

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Following paper explores the use of ick masonry for square and rectangular slabs. Brick masonry is strong in compression but weak in tension. Brick masonry shallow domes can cover circular areas successfully as the axial meridional and hoop stresses are only compressive in shallow domes (2014). Further in shallow domes and thin shells, bending moments are insignificant. Moreover, bending moments and shear forces are not necessary for the stability of domes. In case of conventional slabs, vertical load is transmitted to edge beams / walls through bending moments and shear forces, whereas, the same vertical load is transmitted to edge beams through axial stresses in shallow domes. This possibility of transmitting the vertical loads by generating axial compressive stresses by way of changing the geometrical profile of the square / rectangular slab has been discussed in this paper. Different potential geometrical profiles for the slabs are presented which can be conveniently built of ick masonry, projecting ick masonry as a potential material for slabs in low–rise sustainable buildings in low intensity earthquake zones.

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V. K. Dogra, Dr. S. N. Sinha Sustainable Buildings with Brick Masonry Slabs Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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