You need to make a few things clear: is it a load bearing wall? If yes, what is the load per running meter? Then, what is the total height of the wall. Generally such walls are not made load bearing, they are used as fillers to provide good ventilation.
Since there are openings all over, you may not need to worry about the wind pressure.
You can easily provide vertical as well as horizontal bars to strengthen it.
If the brick size is bigger than 4.5 inches in width, the wall will have better stability.
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Peter Singh M.ASCE
Managing Director
Kingdom Designers
Birganj
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-14-2017 11:01
From: Pietre Hamblin-Hatchell
Subject: Brick Weave Design
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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