ECCENTRICALLY LOADED BRICK WALL

In general, walls in buildings are commonly loaded with some eccentricity. Eccentricity may be caused due to one reason or another. Thus, there is a little possibility of establishing an exact relationship between factors which may cause eccentricity.

Some of the factors which contribute for eccentricity on brick walls are:

1. Long floor edges
2. Magnitude of loads
3. Relative stiffness (of slab or beam and the wall)
4. Flexibility of the support
5. Geometry of the support
6. Unequal spans

Thus a designer has to use his judgment to assess the degree of eccentricity based on the situation. However, I.S. Code (IS: 1905, 1987) provides certain guidelines for determination of eccentricity which are discussed below.