Design and Cost Comparison of Reinforced Masonry and Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zerayohannes, Girma (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nega, Kalehiwot | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-26T07:49:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-11T12:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-26T07:49:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-11T12:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Most building structures known to be constructed in Ethiopia and other many countries contain, by rule of thumb or knowledge, some proportion of masonry components. Despite this reality, the development of analysis and design techniques for masonry structures has lagged behind reinforced concrete. The lack of engineered guide lines, at governmental level, to the design of reinforced masonry and failure of local universities to deliver courses on masonry has played their shares in the ill-treatment of this potentially rich construction material-masonry. Not few people perceive, as stone solely, the meaning of masonry and have clouded perceptions regarding the extendible use of this material as core component of a structure. This research work, therefore, attempts to set some insights on the actual meaning of masonry and the possible positive outcomes that can be enjoyed by making use of it in an engineered manner. To do so, this thesis introduces some of the available methods of design based on limit state design philosophy and so investigates some standard documents, in the captioned philosophy, like Ethiopian building code standard and the British code for design of masonry. Based on techniques in the reviewed materials a G+4 building structure, consisting of reinforced masonry wall as a main structural component and located in a Zone 2 seismic region of Ethiopia, is modeled in 3-D by equivalent frame idealization, designed and its cost is compared with a similar reinforced concrete building. It is found that better economy, with overlapping advantages of sound insulation and short construction time are gained from the use of reinforced masonry as a main structural component of building structures with current and practical price ranges. Considering gradual cost increase in masonry units and decrease in cost of cement, starting from current prices of both materials, the break even point for the cost of construction of the designed building using both construction material types is found. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/10056 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Structural Engineering | en_US |
| dc.title | Design and Cost Comparison of Reinforced Masonry and Reinforced Concrete Building Structures | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |