PAUL G. GURLEY AND RUSELL H. BROWN
ABSTRACT
Reinforced masonry pilasters are often used in masonry construction to resist concentrated loads or to serve as vertical reaction beams for walls spanning horizontally. Their use in large warehouse buildings is both practical and economical. Efficient design of reinforced masonry pilasters with combined axial load and bending requires either a computer solution or the use of graphical or tabular load-moment interaction diagrams. This paper discusses the development of load-moment interaction diagrams for reinforced concrete masonry pilasters and presents several example diagrams.
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