Strength and Resistance to Corrosion of Ties for Cavity Walls
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Jones, Secretary NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS • Lyman J. Briggs, Director BUILDING MATERIALS and STRUCTURES REPORT BMSlOl Strength and Resistance to Corrosion of Ties for Cavity Walls by CYRUS C. FISHBURN ISSUED JULY 1, 1943 The National Bureau of Standards is a fact-finding organization; it does not "approve" any particular material or method ot con- struction. The technical findings in this series ot reports are to be construed accordmgly UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON • 1943 FOR SALE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. • PRICE lO CENTS Foreword Ties for cavity-wall construction are usually specified in accord- ance with empirical rules for a minimum thickness and a minimum spacing. This report presents data on the resistance to axial loads of wall ties and the corrosion resistance of some steel ties exposed to weathering, either when unprotected or when coated with corrosive- resistant metals, portland cement, or a bituminous paint. Lyman J. Briggs, Director. [II] Strength and Resistance to Corrosion of Ties for Cavity Walls by CYRUS C. FISHBURN CONT E NTS Page Page Foreword ii III. Method of testing—Continued I. iBtroduction 1 2. Weathering tests 5 II. Specimens 2 (a) Indoor-weathering exposure 5 (b) Outdoor-weathering exposure. 5 1. Materials 2 IV. Results of the strength tests 5 (a) Ties 2 1. Compressive strength 5 (b) Brick 3 (a) Effect of shape and diameter of (c) Mortars 3 steel ties 6 and coal-tar- (d) Cementitious (b) Strength of specimens contain- paint coatings 3 ing Copperweld, corrugated 2. Construction of specimens 4 galvanized steel, and cement- (a) Compressive-strength speci- asbestos ties 6 mens 4 2. Tensile strength 6 3. Discussion of strength data 7 (b) Tensile-strength specimens 5 V. Results of weathering tests 7 (c) Indoor-weathering specimens. _ 5 1. Indoor exposure 7 (d) Outdoor-weathering specimens^ 5 2. Outdoor exposure 8 III. Method of testing 5 VI. Summary and conclusions 8 1. Tests for structural strength 5 1. Compressive strength 8 (a) Compressive-strength test 5 2. Tensile strength 8 (b) Tensile-strength test 5 3. Corrosion of the ties 9 ABSTRACT built cavity construction has two desirable features, namely, a high resistance to rain The resistance to axial loads of ties for cavity walls penetration and a greater heat insulation than was determined by testing steel and cement-asbestos solid walls of the same materials and thickness. ties when they were embedded at the ends in brick masonry. Fourteen different ties and three mortars Available evidence,^ based largely on exper- were represented in a group of about 110 specimens. ience, indicated that steel ties equivalent in The ties, with one exception, when spaced one to every strength to }^-in. steel bars have adequate 2 wall area, provided connections of ample 3 ft of strength when well anchored in strong mortar. strength to resist the usual lateral forces to which Also that galvanized iron or steel ties are likely cavity walls are subjected. The corrosion resistance of some of the steel ties was to have a satisfactory durability for use in measured by exposing them when unprotected and when ordinary buildings under conditions of normal coated to accelerated and to outdoor weathering. exposure. For monumental structures or for unusually corrosive conditions more resistive materials would be preferable. I. INTRODUCTION The tests described in this report were made The cavity wall, a form of hollow masonry- to determine : (a) the strength of ties under axial wall construction widely nsed in Great Britain, tensile and compressive loads and .(b) the cor- and to some extent elsewhere, consists of two rosion resistance of steel ties coated with vari- parallel tiers of unit masonry separated by a ous materials. Fourteen different types of ties cavity about 2 in. wide. The tiers continuous and three moi'tars were represented in the are joined by ties, usually consisting of bent steel specimens subjected to strength tests. The rods or wires spaced one for each 2 or 3 ft ^ of ties exposed to accelerated or outdoor weather- According to Fitzmaurice,^ properly wall area. ing were either unprotected or coated with 1 Principles of Modern Building, vol. 1, Walls, Partitions and Chim- neys, London (1939), p. 159. ' Footnote 1, p. 164 to 166. [1] — — copper, zinc, portland-cement mortar, or coal- tie. The square ties 9, 10, and 11 were cut tar paint. from welded wire fabric, donated by the Pitts- II. SPECIMENS Table 1. Wall ties 1. Materials Over-all dimensions (a) Ties number | Kind of material J. y yKi Length Width ness. Thick- The ties used in the compressive-strength Tie w specimens are illustrated and described in In. 7?!. In. figure 1 and table 1, respectively. Ties 1 and 2 1 Copperweld ^ 6 6 0. 183 2 do 6 6 .207 Do. (fig. 1), made of copper-coated steel, are known ^ 3 Steel Q 6 G . 188 Do 4 do 8 6 4 .158 Do! as Copperweld nonrusting cavity-wall ties, and 5 do 8 6 6 .158 Do. 6 do 8 6 8 .158 Do. were donated by the Copperweld Steel Co., 7 do 10 6 6 .131 Do. 8 Steel b 8 6 4 .158 Rectangular, ends but- Glassport, Pa. Tie 1 was No. 182-30 type ted on 4 in. side. 0 do b 6 7 7 .192 Welded wire fabric, 6- Z-6300. Tie 2 was No. 204-30. by 6-in. mesh. 10 do 8 7 7 .161 Do. Ties 3 to 8, inclusive, were made of concrete- 11 do 10 7 7 .135 Do. 12 Steel, galvanized"- 24 6.8 0.94 .06 Corrugated, 5^-in.