Figure 1 reinforced concrete shear wall geometry and loading.
Special reinforced concrete shear walls.
The changes are a result of the unsatisfactory performance of many shear walls in the chile earthquake of 2010 and the christchurch new zealand earthquake of 2011.
Special reinforced concrete structural walls are walls that have been proportioned and detailed to meet special code requirements for resisting combinations of shear moment and axial force.
A structural reinforced concrete shear wall in a 5 story building provides lateral and gravity load resistance for the applied load as shown in the figure below.
Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads.
Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads.
Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design.
2 1 use of special reinforced masonry shear walls masonry walls proportioned to resist a combination of shear flexural and axial forces are referred to as structural walls.
The requirements of this section apply to special reinforced concrete structural walls serving as part of the earthquake force resisting system.
A structural reinforced concrete shear wall in a 5 story building provides lateral and gravity load resistance for the applied load as shown in the figure below.
When the primary function of structural walls is to resist in plane loads conveyed from diaphragms down to the foundation they are generally referred to as shear walls.
In reinforced concrete buildings the vertical elements are usually either moment resisting frames or structural walls sometimes referred to as shear walls.