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TEK 14-1B
SECTION PROPERTIES OF
CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS
Keywords: concrete masonry walls, engineered
design, gross area, moment of inertia, net area,
radius of gyration, reinforced concrete masonry,
reinforced properties, section modulus, section
properties, structural properties
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5 5 8 in.
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15 5 8 in.
(397 mm)
7 5 8 in. 11 4 in.
(194 mm) (32 mm)
9 5 8 in.
(244 mm)
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15 5 8 in.
(397 mm)
3 5 8 in.
1 in.
(92 mm) (25 mm)
1 in.
(25 mm)
15 5 8 in.
(397 mm)
1 1 4 in.
32 mm)
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characteristics. These design philosophies are summarized in Allowable Stress Design of Concrete Masonry,
Strength Design of Concrete Masonry andPost-Tensioned
Concrete Masonry Wall Design (refs. 1, 2, 3).
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11 4 in.
(32 mm)
11 8 in.
(295 mm)
1 1 4 in.
(32 mm)
13 5 8 in.
(346 mm)
15 5 8 in.
(397 mm)
15 5 8 in.
(397 mm)
1 1 4 in.
(32 mm)
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47.6
21.6
21.7
26.3
1.36
1.35
1.05
FOOTNOTES:
A
Net cross-sectional properties determined from a vertical plane that coincides with the face shells of the units. Net crosssectional properties are to be used for determining stress and strain resulting from the application of load.
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NOTATION:
Aavg = average cross-sectional area of masonry, in.2 (mm2).
An = net cross-sectional area of masonry, in.2 (mm2).
Iavg = moment of inertia of average cross-sectional area of
masonry, in.4 (mm4).
In = moment of inertia of net cross-sectional area of masonry,
in.4 (mm4).
ravg= radius of gyration of the average cross-sectional area
of masonry, in. (mm).
Savg = section modulus of the average cross-sectional area of
masonry, in.3 (mm3).
Sn = section modulus of the net cross-sectional area of masonry, in.3 (mm3).
REFERENCES
1. Allowable Stress Design of Concrete Masonry,TEK 14-7A.
National Concrete Masonry Association, 2004.
2. Strength Design of Concrete Masonry,TEK 14-4A. National
Concrete Masonry Association, 2002.
3. Post-Tensioned Concrete Masonry Wall Design, TEK 1420A. National Concrete Masonry Association, 2002.
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Units, ASTM C 90-06. ASTM International, 2006.
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1-1E. National Concrete Masonry Association, 2007.
6. International Building Code 2003. International Code
Council, 2003.
7. International Building Code 2006. International Code
Council, 2006.
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