Design Specialties of Load Bearing and Separating Silicate Units Masonry Structures

The article presents the main provisions concerning the calculation and design of structures built of silicate brick and block. The features of masonry wall products of a new generation of silicate concrete, allowing the use of these products in the basements and foundations of buildings. Noted some of the features that you need to consider technical solutions in the design and support of floor slabs in upper floors of buildings. Explanations are given to the section of the Code of Rules for the design of stone and reinforced block structures and GOST on the Foundation blocks in terms of the use of full-bodied silicate blocks in the construction of foundations. The calculated values of masonry strength on adhesive compositions are given. The requirements for the use of silicate masonry products in the structures of buildings located above the coating are given. The provisions specified in the Amendments to the set of rules regarding the requirements for the use of full-bodied silicate bricks in the facing layer with a mark for frost resistance F25 and higher grades are specified. The article emphasizes that Changes to the Codes of practice, in contrast to the Codes of practice included in the government Decree of 26.12.14 № 1521, are not mandatory, which allows designers to make the most optimal design decisions.

O.I. PONOMAREV¹, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
A.M. GORBUNOV¹, Engineer
M.V. KORNEV², Candidate of Sciences (Engineering)

¹ Central Research Institute named after A.V. Kucherenko “Research and Development Center “Stroitel’stvo” AO (6, 2-nd Institutskaya Street, Moscow, 109428, Russian Federation)
² Non-profit partnership Association of Silicate Product Manufacturers (111, Lenina Avenue, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, 606000, Russian Federation)