Masonry Structures detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV553), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other civil 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-1 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-1. The detail syllabus for masonry structures is as follows.
Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Understand properties of masonry units, strength and factors affecting strength.
- Understand design criteria of various types of wall subjected to different load system.
- Impart the culture of following the codes for strength, serviceability and durability as an ethics.
- Provide knowledge in analysis and design of masonry elements for the success in competitive examinations.
Module 1
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Module 2
Permissible stresses: Types of walls, permissible compressive stress, stress reduction and shape modification factors, increase in permissible stresses for eccentric vertical and lateral load, permissible tensile stress and shear stresses. Design Considerations: Effective height of walls and columns, openings in walls, effective length, effective thickness, slenderness ratio, eccentricity, load dispersion, arching action in lintels. Problems on design considerations for solid walls, cavity walls, wall with pillars.
Module 3
Load considerations and design of Masonry subjected to axial loads: Design criteria, design examples of walls under UDL, solid walls, cavity walls, solid wall supported at the ends by cross wall, walls with piers.
Module 4
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Module 5
Design of Laterally and transversely loaded walls: Design criteria, design of solid wall under wind loading, design of shear wall – design of compound walls. Introduction to reinforced brick masonry, lintels and slabs.
In-filled frames: Types – modes of failures – design criteria of masonry retaining walls.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Explain engineering properties and uses of masonry units, defects and crack in masonry and its remedial measures.
- Summarize various formulae’s for finding compressive strength of masonry units.
- Explain permissible stresses and design criteria as per IS: 1905 and SP-20.
- Design different types of masonry walls for different load considerations.
Text Books:
- Henry, A.W., Structural Masonry, Macmillan Education Ltd., 1990.
- Dayaratnam P, Brick and Reinforced Brick Structures, Oxford & IBH, 1987.
- M. L. Gambhir, Building and Construction Materials , Mc Graw Hill education Pvt. Ltd.
Reference Books:
- IS 1905-1987 Code of practice for structural use of un-reinforced masonry- (3rd revision) BIS, New Delhi.
- SP 20 (S&T) – 1991, Hand book on masonry design and construction (1st revision) BIS, New Delhi.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 5th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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