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CONFINED MASONRY
CONSTRUCTION
What is Confined Masonry Construction?
Gravity and Masonry walls are the main RC frames resist both
lateral load resisting load bearing elements and are gravity and lateral loads
system expected to resist both gravity through their relatively
and lateral loads. Confining large beams, columns,
elements (tie-beams and and their connections.
tiecolumns) Masonry infills are not
are significantly load-bearing walls.
smaller in size than RC beams
and columns.