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Types of Bonds
CHAPTER 8 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS and Plan

Engineering Aid 3 - Beginning Structural engineering guide book
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Figure 7-53.-Various positions of wall masonry units and mortar joints. joints   in   a   wall   (fig.   7-53).   These   are   as follows: Course.   One  of  the  continuous  horizontal layers  (or  rows)  of  masonry  that,  bonded  together, form  the  masonry  structure. Wythe.  A  continuous  single  vertical  wall  of b  r  i  c  k Stretcher.  A  masonry  unit  laid  flat  with  its longest dimension parallel to the face of the wall. Bull-Stretcher.  A rowlock brick laid with its longest dimension parallel to the face of the wall. Bull-Header.  A  rowlock  brick  laid  with  its longest  dimension  perpendicular  to  the  face  of  the wall. Header.  A  masonry  unit  laid  flat  with  its longest  dimension  perpendicular  to  the  face  of  the wall.  It  is  generally  used  to  tie  two  wythes  of masonry  together. Rowlock.  A  brick  laid  on  its  edge  (face). Soldier.  A  brick  laid  on  its  end  so  that  its longest dimension is parallel to the vertical axis of  the  face  of  the  wall. 7-34







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