I was recently asked to design a brick weave pattern wall similar to the attached picture. It looks like it is a simple enough brick beam and column design with the brick weave pattern being infill. However, once I started looking into the calculations this design became much more complicated than I thought. Has anyone ever designed a wall like this before? Is it possible to construct this wall as a double wythe or are the beam and column elements actually concrete and wrapped in brick? Finally, is there a way to reinforce the brick weave pattern so that it can handle the out of plane wind load or someone kicking the wall?
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Pietre Hamblin-Hatchell EI, A.M.ASCE
Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers
Albuquerque NM
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