Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Design Example

In this example design for 200 kips or 10 greater than 181 kips example.

Special reinforced concrete shear wall design example.

Live load at each floor and roof. Design of reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall. Aci 318 05 design data. On centers in each face a s vertical 5 18 in.

The design and detailing requirements for special reinforced concrete shear walls have undergone significant changes from aci 318 11 to aci 318 14. Wall length 18 ft vertical reinforcement. Seismic design of special reinforced masonry shear walls. Service load dead load at each floor and roof.

A reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall supporting for a four story building. 5 bars at 18 in. The changes are a result of the unsatisfactory performance of many shear walls in the chile earthquake of 2010 and the christchurch new zealand earthquake of 2011. A guide for practicing engineers nist gcr 14 917 31 prepared by the applied technology council for the national institute of standards and technology gaithersburg md.

Wall thickness 10 in. A structural reinforced concrete shear wall in a 5 story building provides lateral and gravity load resistance for the applied load as shown in the figure below. Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads. Reinforced concrete mechanics and design 7th edition 2016 james wight pearson example 18 2 design data f c 4 000 psi normal weight concrete f y 60 000 psi slab thickness 7 in.

P l 25 kips. Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design.