masonry reinf. 2 openings
 

masonry reinf. @ openings
i'm trying to design reinforcing in a masonry wall both sides of opening...how can do that?
the same design of wall or a element under "axial-flexure" like a pilaster.
thanks
adcfl
i take the wind load from half the opening, and resist it with a 16" or 24" width of cmu adjacent to the opening. this jamb will almost always be heavily reinforced.
daveatkins
i did the design like a panel wall from window to window taken both half windows as a tributary areas and the panel of 40" wide, but the reviwer told me to design like a reinforced masonry element using "pa" and doing the equilibrium of forces in tension "c" and compression "c" and i don't really know how to do it. the only way that i've using equilibrium equation is for a shearwall. anybody can help me.
thanks
adcfl
(miami, fl)