Mortarless Masonry | Document Library
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Mortarless Design Manual - IS 456:2000 - Part 1
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.
- Introduction (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 1 - IS 456:2000 Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice
- Section 2 - Mortar
- Section 3 - Reinforcement
- Section 4 - Cover to reinforcement
- Section 5 - Core fill grout
- Section 6 - Slenderness ratio (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 7 - Design for compression (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 8 - Design for bending
- Section 9 - Design for combined compression & bending (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 10 - Design for tension
- Section 11 - Design for shear (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
Mortarless Design Manual - IS 456:2000 - Part 2a
Part 2a contains design tables for 200 mortarless masonry units without external chamfers (i.e. without beveled edges).
- Introduction (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 1 - 200 mortarless masonry units (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 2 - Design of walls for compression (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 3 - Design of walls for bending (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 4 - Design of walls for combined compression and bending (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 5 - Design of walls for shear (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
Mortarless Design Manual - IS 456:2000 - Part 3
Part 3 contains design tables for 140 mortarless masonry units and these units have no external chamfers.
- Introduction (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 1 - 140 mortarless masonry units (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 2 - Design of walls for compression (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 3 - Design of walls for bending (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 4 - Design of walls for combined compression and bending (Updated 1 Oct 2014)
- Section 5 - Design of walls for shear (Updated 1 Oct 2014)