Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Design Example

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Special reinforced concrete shear wall design example.

In this example design for 200 kips or 10 greater than 181 kips example. Aci 318 05 design data. Wall length 18 ft vertical reinforcement. On centers in each face a s vertical 5 18 in.

Wall thickness 10 in. Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design. 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. Design of reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall.

Special reinforced wall shear walls 87 example. Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads. Shear in k in ksi in v a f d f d s s a v ns v y v y v v ns 33 1 54 0 0 5 0 5 0 31 60 192 0 5 use 5 bars in bond beams in psi k kips a f p. P d 40 kips.

The design and detailing requirements for special reinforced concrete shear walls have undergone significant changes from aci 318 11 to aci 318 14. P l 25 kips. 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. Service load dead load at each floor and roof.

Seismic design of special reinforced masonry shear walls. A reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall supporting for a four story building.