TYPES OF WALL PART - 1
Types of Walls
1. Cavity wall: It is the wall consisting of two leaves with each leaf separated by a cavity & ties together with metal ties or the bonding units in order to ensure that the two leaves act as on unit. The space between the two leaves is either left free as a continuous cavity or filled with non load bearing insulating or water proofing material
2. Curtain Wall: It is a non load bearing wall subjected to lateral loads only. It may be laterally supported by vertical or horizontal structural members.
3. Load Bearing Wall: It is the wall which is design to carry & imposed vertical load in addition to its own self weight along with lateral loads, if any. The following table gives maximum slenderness ratio for reinforced load bearing wall.
4. Panel Wall: It is the exterior non load bearing wall in framed construction wholly supported by each story & subjected to lateral in an out plan direction like wind loads, earthquake etc.
5. Partition Wall: It is an interior non load bearing wall which is one storey or part storey in height.
6. Shear Wall & Cross Wall: It is the wall design to carry the horizontal forces acting in its plan with or without vertical imposed loads. The wall normal to share walls are referred as cross wall.
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