CSA S304.1 : 2004

Technical Committee on Masonry Design
Preface
1 Scope
2 Reference publications, definitions and standard notation,
   and units
   2.1 Reference publications
   2.2 Definitions and standard notation
   2.3 Units
3 General requirements
   3.1 Design methods
   3.2 Other design methods
   3.3 Drawings and related documents
   3.4 Materials
4 Design requirements
   4.1 Specified loads and effects
   4.2 Limit states design
   4.3 Factored resistance
   4.4 Structural integrity
   4.5 Limits on use of unreinforced masonry
   4.6 Seismic design
   4.7 Fire resistance
   4.8 Support of masonry
   4.9 Connectors
   4.10 Serviceability
   4.11 Durability
   4.12 Fibre-reinforced polymers
5 Specified strengths used in design
   5.1 Masonry compressive strength
   5.2 Masonry tensile strength
   5.3 Masonry shear strength
   5.4 Masonry bearing strength
   5.5 Reinforcing steel yield strength
   5.6 Prestressing steel strength
   5.7 Connector strength
6 Analysis of the structure
   6.1 Safety and serviceability
   6.2 Methods of analysis
   6.3 Alternative methods of analysis
   6.4 Secondary effects
   6.5 Modulus of elasticity
   6.6 Composite members
   6.7 Cavity walls
7 Design of unreinforced walls and columns
   7.1 General
   7.2 Design requirements for axial load and bending
   7.3 Effective cross-sectional area
   7.4 Maximum factored axial load resistance
   7.5 Effective height
   7.6 Shear wall flanges
   7.7 Axial load and minor axis bending in walls
   7.8 Axial load and biaxial bending in walls
   7.9 Columns
   7.10 Shear in walls and columns
   7.11 Intersections
   7.12 Flexural wall panels
   7.13 Infill shear walls
   7.14 Bearing resistance for concentrated load
8 Glass block masonry
   8.1 General
   8.2 Design requirements
9 Veneer
   9.1 Unit masonry veneer
   9.2 Dimension cut stone and manufactured stone veneer
10 Design of reinforced walls and columns
   10.1 General
   10.2 Design requirements for axial load and bending
   10.3 Effective cross-sectional area
   10.4 Maximum factored axial load resistance
   10.5 Effective height
   10.6 Effective compression zone width
   10.7 Axial load and minor axis bending in walls
   10.8 Axial load and biaxial bending in walls
   10.9 Columns
   10.10 Shear in walls and columns
   10.11 Intersections
   10.12 Infill shear walls
   10.13 Bearing resistance for concentrated load
   10.14 Service load deflections
   10.15 Minimum and maximum reinforcement in walls and
         columns
   10.16 Seismic design of ductile shear walls
11 Design of reinforced beams
   11.1 General
   11.2 Bending in beams
   11.3 Shear in beams
   11.4 Service load deflection of beams
12 Reinforcement: Details, development, and splices
   12.1 General
   12.2 Lateral ties of reinforcement in compression
   12.3 Hooks and bends
   12.4 Development of reinforcement
   12.5 Splicing of reinforcement
13 Design of prestressed masonry
   13.1 General
   13.2 Serviceability
   13.3 Ultimate strength
   13.4 Minimum bending strength
   13.5 Shear resistance
   13.6 Tendon anchorage zones
14 Design of prefabricated masonry
   14.1 General
   14.2 Additional details on drawings
   14.3 Lifting devices
   14.4 Additional loads
   14.5 Joints and bearings
   14.6 Tolerances at joints and connections
15 Field control tests during construction
   15.1 Masonry unit tests
   15.2 Mortar tests
   15.3 Grout tests
   15.4 Masonry assembly tests - Flexural tensile bond
         strength
Annexes
A (normative) - Dimension cut stone and manufactured stone
                veneer
B (normative) - Effective length factors
C (normative) - Determination of specified strength
D (normative) - Method of test for compressive strength and
                modulus of elasticity of masonry prisms
E (normative) - Method of test for flexural tensile bond strength
F (normative) - Empirical design for unreinforced

Provides requirements for the structural design of unreinforced, reinforced, and prefabricated masonry structures and components in accordance with the limit states design method of the National Building Code of Canada.