CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE
3.1 INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURES
PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES – LIFE OF STRUCTURES –
SUB STRUCTURE – SUPER STRUCTURE – LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE
– FRAMED STRUCTURE – CONCEPT OF FRAMED STRUCTURE –
ADVANTAGES OF FRAMED STRUCTURE.
3.2 BRICK MASONRY
DEFINITION – COMMON TERMS USED – HEADER, STRETCHER, BED
JOINT, LAP, PERPEND, CLOSER, KING, QUEEN & BEVELLED, BAT –
PERMISSIBLE LOADS IN BRICK MASONRY – BOND – TYPES – HEADER,
STRETCHER, ENGLISH BOND & FLEMISH BOND – ONE BRICK THICK
AND ONE AND A HALF BRICK THICK– “T JUNCTION IN ENGLISH BOND ‟
–POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRICK
MASONRY – CAVITY BOND MASONRY- DEFECTS IN BRICK MASONRY –
MAINTENANCE OF BRICK MASONRY – REINFORCED BRICK MASONRY – PURPOSE – ITS ADVANTAGE WITH RESPECT TO STRENGTH AND
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE