Displacement‐Based Design of Cantilever Reinforced Concrete Walls

Geometry and Materials

Plastic Hinge to Diameter Ratio: Lp /Lw = 0.50 Concrete Compressive Strength: f'c = 28 [MPa]

Dimensionless Curvature:  = 2.00 Longitudinal Yielding Strength: fy = 420 [MPa]
Displacement Modification Factor: CQ = 1.25 Transversal Yielding Strength: fyh = 420 [MPa]
Yielding Strain: y = 2100 []
Wall Length: Lw = 7000 [mm] The wall length is appropiated
Wall Width: tw = 500 [mm]
Number of Floors: nF = 7 Mu 29424
Vu 3910
Ag = 2
Gross Area: 3500000 [mm ]
Gross Inertia: Ig = 1.4.E+13 [mm4]
Wall Total Height: H = 22400 [mm] μφ
Minimum Wall Length: Lw MIN = 3528 [mm] θ
Plastic Hinge Length: LP = 3500 [mm]
Aspect Ratio: H/Lw = 3.20
Plastic Aspect Ratio: H/Lp = 6.40

Idealized Yield Curvature: y = 0.0000006 [rad/mm] 0.0006

Reference Yield Displacement: y = 82.8 [mm]

Performance‐Based Seismic Design

Immediate Operation Performance Objective Life Safety Performance Objective

Maximum Tensile Strain: S IO = 30000 [] 3.00% Limit Tensile Strain: S LS = 50000 []

Maximum Compressive Strain: c IO = 4000 [] Residual Drift Limit: LS = 0.030
Residual Drift Limit: IO = 0.010

Elastic Displacement Design Slope: IO = 75 [mm/s] Elastic Displacement Design Slope: LS = 215 [mm/s]

Curvature Ductility:  IO = 6.0 Curvature Ductility:  LS = 12.0
Plastic Curvature: p IO = 0.000003 [rad/mm] Plastic Curvature: p LS = 0.000007 [rad/mm]
Plastic Drift: p IO = 0.010 [mm/mm] Plastic Drift: p LS = 0.023 [mm/mm]
Plastic Displacement: p LS = 477.0 [mm]
Ultimate Displacement Capacity: u = 82.8 [mm] Ultimate Displacement Capacity: u = 559.8 [mm]
Ultimate Displacement Ductility:  = 1.00 Ultimate Displacement Ductility:  = 6.76 μΔ

Equivalent Displacement of LSDF: IO,e = 52.6 [mm] Equivalent Displacement of LSDF: LS,e = 269.6 [mm]

Combination 1                    * = 1.573 Combination 1                    * = 1.573
T [s] C C T [s] T [s] C C T [s]
1.000 1.00 1.25 0.561 1.000 1.20 1.32 1.254
0.561 1.00 1.25 0.561 1.254 1.20 1.32 1.254
0.561 1.00 1.25 0.561 1.254 1.20 1.32 1.254
0.561 1.00 1.25 0.561 1.254 1.20 1.32 1.254
0.561 1.00 1.25 0.561 1.254 1.20 1.32 1.254

Equivalent Displacement of LSDF: IO,e = 52.5 [mm] Equivalent Displacement of LSDF: LS,e = 186.2 [mm]

Combination 2                    * = 1.576 Combination 2                    * = 1.576
T [s] C C T [s] T [s] C C T [s]
1.000 1.00 1.25 0.560 1.000 1.82 1.86 0.888
0.560 1.00 1.25 0.560 0.888 1.86 1.90 0.870
0.560 1.00 1.25 0.560 0.870 1.87 1.91 0.867
0.560 1.00 1.25 0.560 0.867 1.87 1.91 0.866
0.560 1.00 1.25 0.560 0.866 1.87 1.91 0.866

Immediate Operation Period: TIO = 0.560 [s]

In the design of the building, IO governs
Life Safety Period: TLS = 0.866 [s]

Preliminary Flexural Design

Contribution Factor:            * = 1.573 Longitudinal Reinforced Concrete Wall Design

Period of Vibration: T = 0.561 [s]
Bars in each End: nB = 26
Seismic Coefficient: CS = 1.057 Selected Hoops: dbh =  #3
Boundary Element
Equivalent Height: He, = 16.2 [m] Length: LB = 1200 [mm]
Equivalent Weight: We, = 2033 [kN] Vertical Spacing: sB = 100 [mm]
Base Shear Force: VB,1 = 2149 [kN] Steel Area/End: AB = 21294 [mm2]
Base Flexural Moment: MB,1 = 34764 [kN.m]
Base Axial Load: Pu = 3087 [kN] Selected Long. Reinf. Bar: dbLM =  #3 9.5
Selected Trans. Reinf. Bar: dbhM =  #3 9.5
Selected Long. Reinf. Bar: dbL =  #10 32.3 Horizontal Spacing: sM = 300 [mm]
Middle Element
Selected Trans. Reinf. Bar: dbh =  #4 12.7 Length: LM = 4600 [mm]
Cover to Stirrup: d' = 50 [mm] Number of Rows: nM = 16
2
Steel Area/End: AM = 2272 [mm ]
Concrete Core Depth outside Transv. Reinf: D' =  6900 [mm]
Concrete Core Depth from Transv. Reinf: Dc =  6887 [mm] Steel Reinf. Ratio: T = 0.0128
Concrete Core Depth from Main Long. Reinf: D'' =  6842 [mm]
Cover to Main Long. Bar: d'' = 78.85 [mm]

Axial Load Ratio: N/(f'cAg) =  ‐0.032

Pitch Ratio: g = 0.977
Tensile Strain Limit: S = 3.0%
Maximum Compressive Strain: c = 0.4%
Curvature Ductility:  = 9.3
Static Overstrength Factor:  s  = 1.14