Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Design Example

Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads.

Special reinforced concrete shear wall design example.

A reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall supporting for a four story building. Design of reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall. Wall thickness 10 in. Special reinforced wall shear walls 87 example.

Live load at each floor and roof. Seismic design of special reinforced masonry shear walls. The design and detailing requirements for special reinforced concrete shear walls have undergone significant changes from aci 318 11 to aci 318 14. 5 bars at 18 in.

P d 40 kips. 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. Wall length 18 ft vertical reinforcement. Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design.

On centers in each face a s vertical 5 18 in. P l 25 kips. Reinforced concrete mechanics and design 7th edition 2016 james wight pearson example 18 2 design data f c 4 000 psi normal weight concrete f y 60 000 psi slab thickness 7 in. A guide for practicing engineers nist gcr 14 917 31 prepared by the applied technology council for the national institute of standards and technology gaithersburg md.

In this example design for 200 kips or 10 greater than 181 kips example. Aci 318 05 design data.