Historical load-bearing masonry structures were designed with the assumption that _________.

A) all wind loads on the building were resisted by exterior walls only, with no structural
interaction between them.
B) both interior and exterior walls resisted wind loads.
C) interior and exterior walls and floor and roof diaphragms resisted wind loads collectively.
D) all wind loads on the building were resisted by exterior walls only, and in doing so, they
interacted with each other structurally.
E) none of the above.


A) all wind loads on the building were resisted by exterior walls only, with no structural
interaction between them.

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