Shear Wall Structures (1) Nontwisting Wall Systems oA As ucture in which the C.R. is located on the CR will not twist. ® For the jth floor, the total external shear force Q; and the total external moment M ; will-be —_— distributed between the walls in the ratio of their flexural rigidities.e The resulting shear and moment in a wall i ata level j: (eI), (z); eye (jectecese M; =M,—2) a SEI), I /S(ED), (Ej; = the flexural rigidity of wall i at level j “(EI ) = the summation of the flexural rigidities of all walls at level j(2) Twisting Wall Systems 9 A structure that is not symmetrical about the axis of loading will twist and translate. = For the jth floor, the total external shear force Q; and the total external moment M ; will be ; increased due to the fact thefthere is additional shear due to torsion. Structure twisting about C Translation — Centroid of ] a wall rigidities