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10th Canadian Masonry SymposiumResearch

ANALYTICAL MODELING OF IN PLANE SHEAR OF BRICK VENEER AND WOOD STUD WALLS

Eric N. Johnson1 and W. Mark McGinley2

  1. Director of Engineering, Brick SouthEast, Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA, BrickEric@aol.com
  2. Professor of Architectural Engineering, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA, mcginley@ncat.edu

ABSTRACT

Conventional brick veneer in residential construction is typically supported by wood stud walls attached using 22 gauge corrugated wall ties and 8d nails. Previous research has demonstrated that the brick veneer offers significant resistance to in plane shear loads. As part of this phase of the research, analytical modeling of typical residential structures with and without brick veneer was performed using analytical and experimental results from previous investigations. The analytical modeling determined typical ranges for the lateral load resistance of the brick veneer.

KEYWORDS: brick, veneer, residential, modeling, lateral loads

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