Maximum Length Of Concrete Shear Wall

On centers in each face as vertical 5 18 in horizontal reinforcement.

Maximum length of concrete shear wall.

Shear due to loads v u design shear capacity ϕv n where ϕ 0 75 design shear capacity ϕv n design shear strength of concrete ϕv c design shear strength of reinforcement ϕv s ϕv n ϕv c ϕv s therefore v u ϕv c ϕv s shear force that concrete can resist without web reinforcement v c. The program considers the effective shear length of the wall to be 0 8 wall length. Type maximum length width ratio for an 84 x 34 diaphragm the aspect ratio is 2 5 3. In this example the maximum spacing of 25 ft 7 62 m governs over the length to height ratio.

Enter the length to be used in the analysis of the particular wall section. Design for shear max. Wall length 18 ft. Maximum spacing of vertical and horizontal reinforcement is min 1 3 length of.

5 bars at 18in. Wood structural panel unblocked 3 1. Shear wall is a vertical structural element used to resist the lateral forces that are usually due to the wind and seismic loads. 4 bars at 16in.

Wood frame shear wall and diaphragm design ricky mclain ms pe se. If you leave this entry blank it will be filled in for you by the program. Length of wall per sdpws section 4 3 5 2 anchor bolts or nails typical boundary member typical boundary member 2 min. Reinforced shear wall 7 3 2 5.

Per sdpws section 4 3 5 2 2008 requirement many examples ignore gravity loads example ftao shear walls. On centers in each face as horizontal 4 16 in 1. These forces are acting in the plane of the wall by the cantilever action where the bending deformation governs if slender walls are concern and a truss action for short walls where the. Maximum shear wall dimension ratios.

Shear walls with multiple openings and no headers. Reinforced shear wall 7 3 2 6. This module allows the design of concrete shear walls including multi story walls with no openings but with up to five levels of differing length height and thickness. A length to height ratio of 1.

1 which corresponds to 1 x 20 ft 30 ft 9 14 m or control joints spaced every 25 ft 7 62 m. Reinforced wall with prescriptive reinforcement of detailed plain shear wall. Maximum length is the overall wall length offset. Diaphragm aspect ratio is ok.