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Benefits of Shear Walls in Seismic Areas

Buildings with shear walls are preferred in seismic regions for the following reasons: 1) Shear walls are vertical reinforced concrete walls designed to resist lateral forces like wind and earthquakes. 2) Shear walls provide large strength, high stiffness, and ductility to smoothly transfer seismic forces through the building. 3) In past earthquakes, buildings with shear walls performed much better than reinforced concrete frame buildings, experiencing less damage.

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Benefits of Shear Walls in Seismic Areas

Buildings with shear walls are preferred in seismic regions for the following reasons: 1) Shear walls are vertical reinforced concrete walls designed to resist lateral forces like wind and earthquakes. 2) Shear walls provide large strength, high stiffness, and ductility to smoothly transfer seismic forces through the building. 3) In past earthquakes, buildings with shear walls performed much better than reinforced concrete frame buildings, experiencing less damage.

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  • Introduction to Shear Walls: Introduces the concept of shear walls in seismic regions and their importance.
  • Definition of Shear Wall: Defines what a shear wall is and its role in resisting forces during earthquakes.
  • RC Building Systems: Describes common lateral load resisting systems in reinforced concrete buildings.
  • Shear Wall in RC Buildings: Explains the integration and role of shear walls within RC buildings, emphasizing their vertical nature.
  • Examples of Shear Walls: Provides visual examples of buildings with shear walls, specifically Prince Arthur Avenue.
  • Principal Attributes: Outlines the main characteristics of shear walls such as strength, stiffness, and ductility.
  • Role of Shear Walls: Discusses how shear walls distribute seismic forces throughout the structure.
  • Advantages of Shear Walls: Highlights the benefits of using shear walls, including enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness.
  • Architectural Aspects: Examines the architectural considerations when integrating shear walls in buildings, emphasizing their placement and continuity.
  • Seismic Behavior: Explores both undesirable and desirable modes of failure in shear walls under seismic conditions.
  • Seismic Design of RC Walls: Covers design strategies for reinforcing walls against seismic forces, including ductile detailing and geometric considerations.
  • Conclusion: Concludes the presentation and thanks the audience.

Why are buildings with Shear

Walls Preferred in seismic


regions?
•What is shear Wall ????

 A shear wall is a wall that is


designed to resist shear, wind force
or the lateral force that causes the
damage to building during
earthquakes.
•RC Building SYSTEMS:
• Three common lateral load resisting systems in
RC Buildings:
Shear Wall in RC buildings:

 Vertical plate-like RC Walls


 Generally starts at foundation
 Goes through full building
height
• Principal attributes:
– Large Strength
– High Stiffness
– Ductility
• Role of Shear Walls:
Smooth transfer of seismic
forces
 Vertically oriented wide beams
•Advantages of Shear Walls in
RC buildings:

– Very good earthquake performance,


if properly designed
– In past earthquakes
- Large number of RC frame
buildings damaged or
collapsed
-Shear wall buildings performed
very well
•Advantages of Shear Walls in
RC buildings:
– Easy to construct
- Easily implemented at site
– Effective in
- Reducing construction cost
•Minimizing earthquake damage to
-Structural elements
-Non-Structural elements
E.g., Glass Windows, Building
Contents
•Advantages of Shear Walls in
RC buildings:
– Lesser lateral displacement than
frames
•Architectural Aspects:
 Walls must be preferably in
both directions
-In Plan
•Architectural Aspects:
 If provided only in one direction, a
proper moment resisting frame must
be provided in the other direction.
•Architectural Aspects:
Shear wall can extend over the full
width of building, or even over partial
width.
•Architectural Aspects:
 Wallsshould be throughout the height
– Cannot be interrupted in lower
level
s
•Architectural Aspects:
 Walls should be throughout the
height
– Cannot be interrupted in upper
levels.
•Architectural Aspects:
 Walls should be along perimeter
of building.
– Improves resistance to twist
•Architectural Aspects:
Openings in walls must
be
– As few as possible
– As small as possible
– As symmetric as possible
•Seismic behavior:
 Undesirable Modes of
Failure
•Seismic behavior:
 Undesirable Modes of
Failure
•Seismic behavior:
 Desirable Mode of
Failure
•Seismic behavior:
 Shear demand is more in
lower storeys.
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Region of Ductile Detailing
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Possible Geometry of Walls.
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Primary Reinforcement in Walls.
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Detailing of Vertical and Horizontal
Bars.
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Confining Steel in Boundary
Elements.
•Seismic Design of RC Walls
 Confining Wall Concrete.

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