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Shear Wall Design Notes
Shear Wall Design Notes
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION
WALL REINFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS
SHEAR DESIGN
FLEXURAL AND AXIAL LOAD DESIGN
BOUNDARY ZONE DETERMINATION
– SIMPLIFIED APPROACH
– RIGOROUS APPROACH
BOUNDARY ZONE DETAILING
DEFINITION
SHEAR WALL IS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT USED TO
RESIST LATERAL/HORIZONTAL/SHEAR FORCES
PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE WALL BY:
CANTILEVER ACTION FOR SLENDER WALLS WHERE
THE BENDING DEFORMATION IS DOMINANT
TRUSS ACTION FOR SQUAT/SHORT WALLS WHERE
THE SHEAR DEFORMATION IS DOMINANT
WALL REINFORCEMENT
MINIMUM TWO CURTAINS OF WALL REINFORCEMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED IF
Vu > 2 Acv(f'c)1/2 [0.166 Acv(f'c)1/2 ] OR THICKNESS > 10 INCHES [ 25 cm]
Lw
2 LAYERS IF T> 10" OR
Vu > CONCRETE SHEAR
CAPACITY REINF > 0.25%
OF GROSS AREA
UNLESS Vu < 1/2
CONCRETE CAPACITY
T
Av > Ah FOR
Hw
WALL REINFORCEMENT
WALL MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT RATIO ( v or h) 0.0025
SHEAR DESIGN
Vn > Vu
A. SHEAR DEMAND
FACTORED SHEAR FORCE / SHEAR DEMAND
Vu = 1.2 VD + f1 VL +- VE
= 0.9 VD +- VE
SHEAR DESIGN
B. SHEAR STRENGTH
Lw
Hw
SEGMENT SEGMENT
Acv [0.166(f’c)1/2 + nfy] 1 2
WHERE ac VARIES LINEARLY FROM 2.0 FOR Hw/Lw =2.0 TO 3.0 FOR Hw/Lw =1.5
Hw/Lw SHALL BE TAKEN AS THE LARGEST RATIO FOR ENTIRE WALL OR SEGMENT OF
WALL
SHEAR DESIGN
=0.6
OTHERWISE
=0.85
AND EITHER
Lw
L BZ > 0.15 Lw
TENSION COMPRESSION
C'u
u = t C'u
0.003
t
ε
LENGTH OF
BOUNDARY
MEMBER
Lw
max = 0.015
Pu = 1.2PD + 0.5PL + PE
Vert. Bar
ST
1 FL
Ld of
Ec =0.003
> Mu/4Vu
Vertical Extent of
> Lw
Bound. Reinf.
BZ
Lu
GROUND Fl
L B Z
>18" (46cm)
L w
y
(3x/2y) or (2y/3x) <3
3. Adjacent hoops shall be
BZ
hc for trans. dir.
T
overlapping
y
4. Per ACI:
Sv < Tbz / 4
Sv < 4 +[(14-hx)/3]
x x/ hx x
in inches
Minimum Hoops/Ties Area : Ash = 0.09 s hc fc'/fyh As > 0.005 L BZ T BZ with
with vertical spacing Sv < 6"(15 cm) or 6xDIA of minimum < 10 + [(35-hx)/3]
vertical bars 4 -# 5(DIA 16 mm) in cm
si > y : Tsi = As fy
C'u
STEEL STRAIN
εc = 0.003
εS 7
εS 6
εS 5
εS 4
εS 3
ε S2
CONCRETE
εS 1
STRAIN
0.85 f'c
TS2
TS5
TS4
TS3
C S6
TS1
Cs7
Lw CONCRETE
STRESS
SUMMARY
TWO APPROACHES TO DETERMINE THE BOUNDARY ZONE
THE SIMPLIFIED APPROACH IS BASED ON THE AXIAL FORCE,
BENDING AND SHEAR OR FACTORED AXIAL STRESSES IN THE
WALL
THE RIGOROUS APPROACH INVOLVES DISPLACEMENT AND
STRAIN CALCULATIONS
ACI/IBC EQUATIONS ARE SIMPLER THAN UBC EQUATIONS
COMPUTER AIDED CALCULATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE
RIGOROUS APPROACH
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