Students’ Projects

Concrete Masonry

Majid Jarrah worked with Dr. Christopher Motter to conduct research on the anchorage of hooked and headed steel reinforcement in concrete masonry. The building code for masonry does not permit the use of headed reinforcement, and research on hooked reinforcement is limited. The use of hooked and headed reinforcement in masonry can reduce congestion in masonry cells to simplify construction. Majid’s research is focused on characterizing the anchorage behavior of hooked and headed steel reinforcement in masonry through large-scale testing and numerical simulations.