About the author  ⁄ Craig V. Baltimore, S.E., Ph.D.

Craig Baltimore is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. One of Baltimore’s specialization and research areas is masonry, and he has been active with The Masonry Society for two decades. (cbaltimo@calpoly.edu)

Horizontal End Wall Hooks

Practical Construction Detailing for 8-inch CMU Special Shear Walls

Certain types of special masonry shear walls require reinforcement hooks, typically 180 degrees, at the end of a masonry wall, but the cell dimension and grout clearance requirements can make installation problematic.  When this happens, using a three-dimensional (3-D) technique allows for practical detailing and construction of horizontal reinforcement end hooks to vertical reinforcement as required by code for special shear walls (The Masonry Society, TMS 402-16, Section 7.3.2.6(d)). …

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May, 2019 By and In InSights Comments 0
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