A hollow prefabricated masonry lintel made at a fabrication site and configured for transportation to a build site has a base row formed of U-shaped blocks laid end to end with adjacent ends adhered with mortar. A hollow horizontal cavity along a length of the base row is formed of each recess of th
A hollow prefabricated masonry lintel made at a fabrication site and configured for transportation to a build site has a base row formed of U-shaped blocks laid end to end with adjacent ends adhered with mortar. A hollow horizontal cavity along a length of the base row is formed of each recess of the U-shaped blocks. A slit is formed in a top surface of each of the two side walls of the U-shaped blocks along the length of the base row, the slit having a width no larger than 20% of a width of the top surface. Provisional reinforcement is fully embedded within the slit with a bonding material, with a size of the slit and the provisional reinforcement providing tensile strength during transportation of the prefabricated masonry lintel from the fabrication site to the build site with the hollow horizontal cavity having no grout and no code-required reinforcement.
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1. A hollow prefabricated masonry lintel made at a fabrication site and configured for transportation to a build site comprising: a base row comprising:U-shaped blocks, each U-shaped block having a length extending between two ends, two side walls defining a width of each U-shaped block, and a U-sha
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A hollow prefabricated masonry lintel made at a fabrication site and configured for transportation to a build site comprising: a base row comprising:U-shaped blocks, each U-shaped block having a length extending between two ends, two side walls defining a width of each U-shaped block, and a U-shaped surface extending along the entire length between the two ends and symmetrically spanning a portion of the width, the U-shaped surface being a continuous solid surface, with no through-holes in the continuous solid surface, and having a bottommost point below a midpoint of a height of the sides wall to define a recess defined by the U-shaped surface, wherein the U-shaped blocks are laid end to end with adjacent ends adhered with mortar to form a continuous hollow horizontal cavity along a length of the base row formed of each recess of the U-shaped blocks;a slit formed in a top surface of each of the two side walls of the U-shaped blocks and extending continuously along at least a majority of the length of the base row, the slit having a width no larger than 20% of a width of the top surface; andprovisional reinforcement fully embedded within the slit with a bonding material different from the mortar, such that the provisional reinforcement is flush with or below the top surface, a size of the slit and the provisional reinforcement configured to provide tensile strength during transportation of the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel from the fabrication site to the build site, the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel configured to be transported with the hollow horizontal cavity free of grout and reinforcement. 2. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein the provisional reinforcement is fiber reinforced polymer. 3. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 2, wherein the fiber reinforced polymer has the following properties: ffu=700,000 psi tensile strength; ϵfu=0.019 rupture strain; ϵf=0.016 design strain (85% of rupture); Ef=36,000,000 psi elastic modulus. 4. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein the provisional reinforcement has a tensile strength of greater than 500,000 psi. 5. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein each slit has a depth that is greater than the width. 6. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 5, wherein the depth of each slit is no greater than one-half inch. 7. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein each side wall has a width of not less than 1¼ inches and each slit has the width of 3/16 inch. 8. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein each slit is no larger than ¼ inch regardless of the width of each first top surface and each second top surface. 9. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, wherein the bonding material for the provisional reinforcement is an epoxy resin. 10. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, further comprising: additional provisional reinforcement laid along at least a portion of a length of the base row along a bottom of the hollow horizontal cavity and held in place with additional bonding material, an upper surface of the additional bonding material being at a height below the midpoint of the height of the side wall to provide sufficient hollow space to receive reinforcement in the continuous hollow horizontal cavity at the build site. 11. The prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1, further comprising: additional slits formed along a length of the base row in a bottom surface of the hollow horizontal cavity; andadditional provisional reinforcement embedded in each additional slit and held in place with additional bonding material, such that the provisional reinforcement is flush with or below the U-shaped surface. 12. A method of installing the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel of claim 1 comprising: transporting the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel from the fabrication site to the build site with the hollow horizontal cavity having no grout;placing the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel over an opening in a wall structure; and incorporating the hollow prefabricated masonry lintel into the wall structure by adding reinforcement and grout into the hollow horizontal cavity. 13. A method of making a prefabricated masonry lintel that is transported to a build site from a fabrication site, the method comprising: forming a base row from U-shaped blocks, each U-shaped block having a length extending between two ends, two side walls defining a width of each U-shaped block, and a U-shaped surface extending along the entire length between the two ends and symmetrically spanning a portion of the width, the U-shaped surface being a continuous solid surface, with no through-holes in the continuous solid surface, and having a bottommost point below a midpoint of a height of the side walls to define a recess defined by the U-shaped surface, wherein the U-shaped blocks are laid end to end with adjacent ends adhered with mortar to form a hollow horizontal cavity along a length of the base row;forming a continuous slit in a top surface of each of the two side walls of the U-shaped blocks of the base row along at least a majority of the length of the base row, each slit having a width no larger than 20% of a width of the top surface; andembedding provisional reinforcement within each slit with a bonding material different from the mortar, such that the provisional reinforcement is flush with or below the top surface, a size of each slit and the provisional reinforcement in the base row configured to provide tensile strength during transportation of the prefabricated masonry lintel from the fabrication site to the build site with the prefabricated masonry lintel transported with the hollow horizontal cavity having no grout and no reinforcement. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the provisional reinforcement in each slit is fiber reinforced polymer. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein the fiber reinforced polymer has the following properties: ffu=700,000 psi tensile strength; ϵfu=0.019 rupture strain; ϵf=0.016 design strain (85% of rupture); Ef=36,000,000 psi elastic modulus. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein each slit has a depth greater than the width. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the depth of each slit is one-half inch. 18. The method of claim 13, wherein the width of each slit is 3/16 inch and a width of each side wall is at least 1¼ inches. 19. The method of claim 13, wherein each slit is formed along the entire length of the base row and the provisional reinforcement is placed along an entire length of each slit.
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