Coupled Shear Wall Structures

The Continuous Medium Method

Assumptions
■ The properties do not change over the height and the story
height is constant.

■ Plane sections remain plane after bending.

■ EIb may be replaced by EIb / h per unit height where h is

the story height.

■ The walls deflect equally horizontally.

■ Axial forces, shear forces and bending moments of the

beams may be represented by continuous intensity n, q, m
respectively per unit height.
Vertical Compatibility of Contraflexure
■ Rotation of wall due to bending

■ Bending and shear deformation of

beams

■ Axial deformation of walls

■ Vertical or rotational displacement at

the base
Rotation of Wall due to Bending
Bending and Shear Deformation of Beams
Axial Deformation of Walls
Vertical or Rotational Displacement at the Base
Vertical Compatibility
Substitution of Dependent Variable
General Solution of Governing Differential Equations
Boundary Conditions
Solution for UDL
Forces in Discreet Structure
Wall Shear
Axial Forces in Beams
Graphic Design Method
Actual Stresses
Composite Cantilever Action
Individual Cantilever Action
Contribution of Composite and Individual Actions
Example
Step 1: Areas and Second Moments of Area

Wall Properties:
Step 1 (Continued)

Beam Properties:

Effective length = True length + ½ Beam depth

= 2.2 m
Step 2: Structural Parameters k, α, kαH
Step 3: K1, K2 and Wind Moment
Step 4: Wall Stresses
Step 5: Max Beam Shear and Moment
Step 6: Max Deflection
Step 7: Wall Forces and Moments
Step 7 Continued
Step 8: Base Shear