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02/28/2022
Course: CE-ELM1-S22, Element building - Concrete Statics
Assignment: SIWS2 - Statically indeterminate wall structure 2
Student: Phealy Thourk (293272) Page 1 of 4

Elastic distribution of forces from an infinitely stiff diaphragm to walls in an asymmetrical

building

Height of each wall is assumed to be h ≔ 15 m

Length of the wall ⎡ l1y ⎤ ⎡

⎢ ⎥ ⎢8 m⎤
l
⎢ 2y ⎥ ⎢ 4 m⎥
⎥
⎢ l3y ⎥ ⎢ 6 m⎥
⎢ l4y ⎥ ≔ ⎢ 4 m⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢3 m⎥
⎢ l1x ⎥ ⎢
4 m ⎥⎦
⎣⎢ l2x ⎦⎥ ⎣
Relative stiffness of each stabilizing wall (from betonelementsbyggeristatik figure 4-27)
⎡ S1y ⎤ ⎡2⋅l 2 ⎤ ⎡ S1y ⎤ ⎡
1y
⎤
⎢ ⎥ ⎢
2 ⋅ l 2
⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 0.569 ⎥ ( α0 ＝ 1 for non load bearing wall and
S2y ⎢ 2y ⎥ S2y 0.142
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ α0 ＝ 2 for load bearing wall)
1 ⎢ 2 ⋅ l3y ⎥
2
⎢ S3y ⎥ ⎢ S3y ⎥ ⎢ 0.32 ⎥
⎢ S4y ⎥ ≔ ― ⋅⎢ 2
⎥ ⎢ S4y ⎥ = ⎢ 0.142 ⎥
h 2 ⎢ 2 ⋅ l4y ⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 0.04 ⎥
⎢ S1x ⎥ ⎢1⋅l 2 ⎥ ⎢ S1x ⎥ ⎢
1x ⎥
⎢⎣ S2x ⎥⎦ ⎢ 2
⎥ ⎢⎣ S2x ⎥⎦ ⎣ 0.071 ⎦
⎢⎣ 1 ⋅ l2x ⎥⎦

Position of the stabilizing walls in the X'Y' coordinate system

⎡ x1y ⎤ ⎡ ⎤
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 0m ⎥
x2y
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 8m ⎥
⎢ x3y ⎥ ⎢ 16 m ⎥
⎢ x4y ⎥ ≔ ⎢ 24 m ⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 0m ⎥
⎢ y1x ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ y2x ⎥⎦ ⎣ 8 m ⎦

Position of the shear center in the X'Y' coordinate system

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Position of the shear center in the X'Y' coordinate system

Sx ≔ S1y + S2y + S3y + S4y Sx = 1.173

Sy ≔ S1x + S2x Sy = 0.111

x1y ⋅ S1y + x2y ⋅ S2y + x3y ⋅ S3y + x4y ⋅ S4y

xF ≔ ―――――――――――― xF = 8.242 m
Sx

y1x ⋅ S1x + y2x ⋅ S2x

yF ≔ ―――――― yF = 5.12 m
Sy

Horizontal load
kN
Wx ≔ 4.5 ―― ⋅8 m Wx = 36 kN
m

kN
Wy ≔ 6 ―― ⋅ 24 m Wy = 144 kN
m

Torsional moment from the horizontal load

T ≔ Wx ⋅ ⎛⎝yF - 4 m⎞⎠ + Wy ⋅ ⎛⎝12 m - xF⎞⎠ T = 581.411 kN ⋅ m

Relative torsional stiffness

2 2 2
Iw1 ≔ S1y ⋅ xF 2 + S2y ⋅ ⎛⎝xF - 8 m⎞⎠ + S3y ⋅ ⎛⎝16 m - xF⎞⎠ + S4y ⋅ ⎛⎝24 m - xF⎞⎠ Iw1 = 93.229 m 2
2
Iw2 ≔ S1x ⋅ yF 2 + S2x ⋅ ⎛⎝8 m - yF⎞⎠ Iw2 = 1.638 m 2

Iw ≔ Iw1 + Iw2 Iw = 94.867 m 2

Reactions from the walls due to the load on the shear center

⎡ R1y.W ⎤ ⎡ S1y ⎤ ⎡ R1y.W ⎤ ⎡ 69.818 ⎤

⎢ ⎥ W ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
R S R
⎢ 2y.W ⎥ ≔ ―― y
⋅ ⎢ 2y ⎥ ⎢ 2y.W ⎥ = ⎢ 17.455 ⎥ kN
⎢ R3y.W ⎥ Sx ⎢ S3y ⎥ ⎢ R3y.W ⎥ ⎢ 39.273 ⎥
⎢⎣ R4y.W ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ S4y ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ R4y.W ⎥⎦ ⎣ 17.455 ⎦

⎡ R1x.W ⎤ Wx ⎡ S1x ⎤
⎢ ⎥ ≔ ―― ⋅⎢ ⎥
⎣ R2x.W ⎦ Sy ⎣ S2x ⎦

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⎡ R1x.W ⎤ Wx ⎡ S1x ⎤ ⎡ R1x.W ⎤ ⎡ 12.96 ⎤

⎢ ⎥ ≔ ―― ⋅⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥=⎢ ⎥ kN
⎣ R2x.W ⎦ Sy ⎣ S2x ⎦ ⎣ R2x.W ⎦ ⎣ 23.04 ⎦

Reactions from the walls due to the torsional moment on the shear center

⎡ R1y.T ⎤ ⎡ -xF ⋅ S1y ⎤ ⎡ R1y.T ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎛ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ -28.738 ⎥
R - x - 8 m⎞⎠ ⋅ S2y R2y.T
⎢ 2y.T ⎥ ⎢ ⎝ F ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ -0.211 ⎥
⎢ R3y.T ⎥ T ⎢ ⎛⎝16 m - xF⎞⎠ ⋅ S3y ⎥ ⎢ R3y.T ⎥ ⎢ 15.214 ⎥
⎢ R4y.T ⎥ ≔ ― ⋅
Iw ⎢ ⎛⎝24 m - xF⎞⎠ ⋅ S4y ⎥ ⎢ R4y.T ⎥ = ⎢ 13.735 ⎥ kN
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 1.255 ⎥
⎢ R1x.T ⎥ ⎢ yF ⋅ S1x ⎥ ⎢ R1x.T ⎥ ⎢
-1.255 ⎥⎦
⎣⎢ R2x.T ⎦⎥ ⎣⎢ -⎛⎝8 m - yF⎞⎠ ⋅ S2x ⎦⎥ ⎣⎢ R2x.T ⎦⎥ ⎣

Total reactions from the walls using superposition

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Total reactions from the walls using superposition

⎡ R1y ⎤ ⎡ R1y.W + R1y.T ⎤ ⎡ R1y ⎤ ⎡ ⎤

⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 41.081 ⎥
R R + R2y.T R2y
⎢ 2y ⎥ ⎢ 2y.W ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 17.243 ⎥
⎢ R3y ⎥ ⎢ R3y.W + R3y.T ⎥ ⎢ R3y ⎥ ⎢ 54.487 ⎥
⎢ R4y ⎥ ≔ ⎢ R4y.W + R4y.T ⎥ ⎢ R4y ⎥ = ⎢ 31.189 ⎥ kN
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ 14.215 ⎥
⎢ R1x ⎥ ⎢ R1x.W + R1x.T ⎥ ⎢ R1x ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
⎣⎢ R2x ⎦⎥ ⎣⎢ R2x.W + R2x.T ⎦⎥ ⎢⎣ R2x ⎥⎦ ⎣ 21.785 ⎦

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