Method A - Recursive Stiffness

K= 1 h = height of shorter adjacent opening 5 3.2 0.071 0.236

0.1(h/l)3+0.3(h/l) k wall = Sum of each wall pier
1.973 3.990
Method B - Recursive Stiffness

12'
18ft
4'
1. Main wall

to get purple section stiffness.

Add deflections and invert
18'

50' for Ev = 0.412 Em

2. "Open wall" (opp. deflection based on "non-wall" with h = tallest opening)

16'

wall group = 0.365

50' K wall group = 0.071
K wall group = 2.667 2.738

Add stiffnesses of
walls in parallel
3. Actual wall piers (h = tallest opening) wall group = 0.375

to get blue section stiffness.

16'

Add deflections and invert

5' 25'
4. "Open wall" (opp. deflection based on "non-wall" with h = tallest opening)
12'

25'
wall group = 0.266
5. Actual wall piers (h = tallest opening) K wall group = 3.754
Add parallel
stiffnesses
12'

10' 10'

Main Wall
Window 1
pier left
pier right
window 2
K=1
 Flex diaph. check

K
K

VE
(x2K)

horiz. irreg. not

allowed at

V = sum(V)/sum(resist)= 80k/(1+2+1)
PI node

Base

20k 40k 20k

T C

T C
V = sum(V)/sum(resist)=
80k/(1+2+1) = 20k

20k 40k 20k C = -T = Sum(V*h-Mcols)/width

= (30*24'+50*12'-120-240-120)
48'
=18k
Moment Distribution: Beams
Fix-fix

Fix-pin

per node
0 at fix end
1 at pin end
fix end at
far side
pin end far

Moment Distribution: Frames

COF -1 0 0 -1 -1 0