DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

LINTEL

PRESENTED BY
N.BALA NARASIMHULU
18701A0114
 CONTENTS:
 INTRODUCTION
 TYPES OF LINTEL
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION:
LINTEL:
 Lintel is a horizontal member which is fixed over The
openings such as doors , windows etc. to support the
structure or opening.
 They Provide bearing for the masonry above openings
.
 They can Transfer loads acting over the opening to the
supporting walls .
TYPES OF LINTEL
 1. Stone lintels
 2. wooden lintels
 3. Brick lintels
 4. Steel lintels
 5. Reinforced concrete lintels
 6. Reinforced brick lintels
STONE LINTEL
1.Used , where stones are easily available.
2.Consists of a simple stone slab of greater thickness.
3.These are generally used in stone masonry.
4.High cost.
5.Having inability to withstand excessive transverse
stresses so rarely used.
6.Minimum thickness is 8 cm.
7.It is very difficult to obtain a good stone of required
depth hence rarely used.
 Wooden or Timber lintels
 These are very commonly used in olden days.
 But now a days timber availability became difficult
and costly too , so not used in these days.
 Easily effected by white ants and insects.
 Not fire proof.
 Minimum thickness is 7.5 cm.
 Weak when compared with other types of lintels.
Brick lintels
 These are generally used for small openings (<1
meters) with light loading.
 Bricks with frogs ( i. e, depressions) are more suitable.
 Lintels formed by using frog bricks is termed as
joggled brick lintel.
 Bricks should hard , well burnt free from defects with
sharp and square edges.
 Thickness is 10 cm,20 cm…etc depends upon opening
size as it is weak not suitable for heavy loadings.
Steel lintels
 These are generally used in the form of rolled steel
joists
 Provided at large opening and where the super-
imposed loads are heavy.
 These are generally provided where there is less space
to construct rise of an arch.
 The steel collapses quick due to fire and hence the
casing of concrete should be provided which makes
the steel more fire resistent.
Reinforced concrete lintels
 More durable , strength , fire resisting properties.
 They may be pre-cast.
 Economical and easy in construction.
 Used for larger spans and heavy loading.
 These are constructed with ratio of 1:2:4.
 Up to 1.2 mt length of span 15 cm deep lintel is found
to be safe.
Reinforced brick lintels(R.B.Lintel)
 When brick lintels used for large spans ,they are
reinforced with steel bars . Those are called as R.B.
Lintels.
 These are also constructed on the same principles as
R.C.C lintels , the only difference is instead of using
concrete we are using good quality bricks
 Bricks arranged in parallel rows that a 2 cm or 4 cm
wide space is left length wise for inserting steel bars or
rods
 These spaces are then filled with rich cement mortar.
ADVANTAGES
They have the following advantages.
1. They look simpler and are easy to build.
2. The Excessive load is not applied over the ending
supports of lintels. Hence, they are not required to be
constructed so firmly.
3. Centering of lintel is easy, and frameworks are also
inexpensive.
4. They can bear a high amount of load if the load is
coming uniformly.
5. They are delicate and look simple.
 DISADVANTAGES
 Extreme variation of solid is not possible
 Opening should be place considering the post
 Stair must start with respect to a beam
 Building height increases for the beam to get clear
space
 CONCLUSION
 Thus lintel is a sort of beam , the width of which is
equal to width of the wall, and the ends of which are
built into the wall.