What is the function of bond beams in load-bearing masonry walls?

What will be an ideal response?


(i) They distribute floor and roof load on the wall below. (ii) They provide a continuous tension member at the floor
and roof level needed for diaphragm action. (iii) They provide horizontal reinforcement in walls so that a masonry
wall behaves like a column-beam frame, where the columns are the reinforced wall segments and the bond beam is
the beam part of the frame.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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