sarily equal magnitude at every floor level. se of this is a uniform distribution. To evaluate 1 elastic (or nominal yielding) displacement r wall at the roof level, the so called inverted bution is typically used. This corresponds to ion of the lateral load with a maximum at the el, and equal to zero at the base (e.g. Wallace 1992). Alternatively, it is often assumed that lent lateral load is concentrated at the roof irect displacement based design procedures | Kowalsky, 1998; Paulay, 2002; Priestley e¢ d previous design guides (Park and Paulay, and Priestley, 1993). terns mentioned in the previous paragraph imposing a deflected shape representative of > of vibration of the wall. Nevertheless, it is d that the actual distribution of equivalent along the height of the wall varies in time, on the relative predominance of the modes nd their periods, not only the first one. The is a possible overestimation of the maximum isplacement of cantilever walls, generically when calculated per the aforementioned ing, a simple method built upon the analogy ver beam loaded with a concentrated vertical ven distance from the support is presented. n at the top of a cantilever wall within the generically named 6, is calculated as the action of a lumped lateral load V, placed at ym the critical section, such that it produces ctions at the base of the wall, compared to load pattern. Firstly, / is calculated for the vibration, such that h = /,. Subsequently, on incorporates a reduction of /, via «,, mplification factor (Paulay and Priestley, y et al., 2007; Rutenberg, 2013), to account effects in the calculation of 6,, as initially SCTE aC It is shown that the proposed formulae provi conservative approach for estimating 6,, co others proposed in the literature (e.g. Wallace ar 1992; Priestley et al., 2007; Massone ef al., 201 Equivalent lateral load location, c effects and shear demands In the approach introduced in this article, the 1 pallern corresponding to the equivalent later actions along the height of the wall, is represer equivalent concentrated lateral load V. Per ec this force is equal to the shear at the base of the is located at h = M/V, where M is the overturnir at the base of the wall (the critical section in produced by V. Figure 1 presents two scenari location: (1) V = V, and / = hy, the lateral for location associated to the first mode; and (2) V =h,, the lateral force and its location which accc dynamic effects produced by the higher modes a) b) eae Mi @ Figure 1: Equivalent lateral load and its location: triangle distribution, first mode deflected shape anc mode load distribution and deflected shape Figure la shows the equilibrium scenario of cantilever wall subjected to an inverted triz distribution, associated to the first mode of vil PRUE a Pa