Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Design Example

Service load dead load at each floor and roof.

Special reinforced concrete shear wall design example.

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. 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. P d 40 kips. On centers in each face a s vertical 5 18 in.

Design of reinforced concrete load bearing shear wall. 5 bars at 18 in. Wall length 18 ft vertical reinforcement. Wall thickness 10 in.

The design and detailing requirements for special reinforced concrete shear walls have undergone significant changes from aci 318 11 to aci 318 14. 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. In this example design for 200 kips or 10 greater than 181 kips example. Live load at each floor and roof.

Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads. Seismic design of special reinforced masonry shear walls. 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. Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design.

Aci 318 05 design data. 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.