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Mortarless Block Design Manual - AS 3600:2009
Part 1 provides the background information on Code rules and recommendations used to generate the values in the design tables and charts in Parts 2 and 3 (1 Jul 2015)
- Introduction
- Section 1 - AS 3600:2009 Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice
- Section 2 - Mortar
- Section 3 - Reinforcement
- Section 4 - Cover to reinforcement
- Section 5 - Core fill grout & grouting
- Section 6 - Slenderness ratio
- Section 7 - Design of Mortarless Block walls for axial compression
- Section 8 - Design of Mortarless Block walls for bending
- Section 9 - Design for combined axial compression & bending
- Section 10 - Design for tension
- Section 11 - Design for shear
Part 2a contains design tables for walls built with 200 Mortarless Block masonry units without external chamfers (i.e. without beveled edges) (1 Jul 2015)
- Introduction
- Section 1 - 200 Mortarless Block masonry units
- Section 2 - Design of walls for axial compression using simplified design method
- Section 3 - Design of walls for bending
- Section 4 - Design of walls for combined axial compression and out-of-plane bending
- Section 5 - Design of walls for shear
Part 2b contains design tables for walls built with 200 Mortarless Block masonry units with external chamfers (1 Jul 2015)
- Introduction
- Section 1 - 200 Mortarless Block masonry units
- Section 2 - Design of walls for axial compression
- Section 3 - Design of walls for bending
- Section 4 - Design of walls for combined axial compression and out-of-plane bending
- Section 5 - Design of walls for shear
Part 3 contains design tables for walls built with 140 Mortarless Block masonry units without external chamfers (i.e. without beveled edges) (1 Jul 2015)
- Introduction
- Section 1 - 140 Mortarless Block masonry units
- Section 2 - Design of walls for axial compression using simplified design method
- Section 3 - Design of walls for bending
- Section 4 - Design of walls for combined axial compression and out-of-plane bending
- Section 5 - Design of walls for shear