among the strectcher, header, english and flemish bond which
has greater strength? where these bonds are preferred?????
Answer Posted / arun shankar
Though conventionally English Bond was advocated as superior, modern earth quake resistant techniques like confined masonry prefer flemish to english as the number and thickness of joints are more regular in flemish. (Refer IIT K website, esp. the book of Tom Schacher)
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