THE CASE FOR LOADBEARING BRICKWORK （承载的砖墙）.pdf

THE CASE FOR LOAD-BEARING BRICKWORK Britain and Europe contain many examples of load-bearing brick structures built in the early and mid-nineteenth century that are still in daily use despite more than a century and a half of exposure to damp and aggressive industrial atmospheres. The brick arch bridges, viaducts, tunnel linings and retaining walls of the early railway system in Britain provide examples of the excellent durability of load-bearing brick structures under the most adverse service conditions. For example, Fig. 1 shows Hanwell railway viaduct, a brick arch structure built in the 1830s and still in daily use, and The brick towers of Clifton suspension bridge, built in the 1830s and still carrying traffic today. Brickwork load-bearing structures have been replaced more and more in this century by structures of reinforced concrete and structural steel. Why, then, should we concern ourselves with calculated load-