BS 5628-1:2005

Foreword
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Symbols
5 Alternative materials and methods of design and construction
Section 2. Materials, components and workmanship
6 General
7 Masonry units
8 Laying of masonry units
9 Rate of laying
10 Forming of chases and holes
11 Damp proof courses
12 Wall ties, tension straps, joist hangers and brackets
13 Cements
14 Masonry mortars
Section 3. Design: objectives and general recommendations
15 Basis of design
16 Stability
17 Loads
18 Design loads: partial safety factor, gamma[f]
19 Characteristic compressive strength of masonry, f[k]
20 Characteristic flexural strength of masonry, f[kx]
21 Characteristic shear strength of masonry, f[v]
22 Coefficient of friction
23 Partial safety factors for material strength, gamma[m]
Section 4. Design: detailed considerations
24 Consideration of slenderness of walls and columns
25 Special types of wall
26 Eccentricity in the plane of the wall
27 Eccentricity at right angles to the wall
28 Walls and columns subjected to vertical loading
29 Walls subjected to shear forces
30 Concentrated loads: stresses under and close to a bearing
31 Composite action between walls and their supporting beams
32 Walls subjected to lateral load
Section 5. Design: accidental damage
33 Design: accidental damage
Annex A (normative) Mortar testing of site made mortar
Annex B (normative) Derivation of beta
Annex C (informative) User categories for the selection and
                      application of wall ties
Annex D (informative) Connections to floors and roofs by means
                      of tension straps and joist hangers
Annex E (informative) Laterally loaded panels of irregular
                      shape, or those containing openings
Bibliography
Index
Figures
Tables

Provides recommendations for the structural design of unreinforced masonry units of bricks, blocks, manufactured stone, square dressed natural stone, and random rubble masonry.