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Thanks to all who has replied me and I agree with all of you, I will try to learn further from my competent superiors and I am also taking admission in MSc this year to expand my knowledge on Structure Design.

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I am not sure if i picked up your question, but normally the confining reinforcement at the ends of confined masonry is to transfer the loads in tension compression. The Confined masonry in an earthquake act as compression strut and there are equations and guidance in FEMA to work out the capacities of these diagonal strut members. We do these checks very commonly here in New Zealand for the seismic analysis of the existing confined masonry structures. I would recommend you to have a read of the document i am attaching. Its called C8 and its part of the documentation used for the detailed seismic analysis of structures here in New Zealand. Section_C8-Unreinforced_Masonry_Buildings.pdf

Please see these for some excellent recommendations on US Codes and Seismic: https://www.amazon.com/Bungale-S.-Taranath/e/B001ITRJ06%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share I am not sure if the books are in Metric Units, but you can check.

Without working under supervision of professional engineer, you shouldn’t be working independently unless you have gained sufficient experience. This requirement is there globally in literally every country. What if you make a mistake/ error that results in a death? Have you thought about that?