Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

When the primary function of structural walls is to resist in plane loads conveyed from diaphragms down to the foundation they are generally referred to as shear walls.

Special reinforced concrete shear walls.

Reinforced concrete shear wall analysis and design. 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. 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. The design and detailing requirements for special reinforced concrete shear walls have undergone significant changes from aci 318 11 to aci 318 14.

In reinforced concrete buildings the vertical elements are usually either moment resisting frames or structural walls sometimes referred to as shear walls. Figure 1 reinforced concrete shear wall geometry and loading. Based on aci 18 10 4 1 nominal shear strength v n of structural walls is not to exceed vn acv c f c t fy where c is a coefficient defining the relative contribution of concrete strength to wall strength given as follows. Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads.

2 1 use of special reinforced masonry shear walls masonry walls proportioned to resist a combination of shear flexural and axial forces are referred to as structural walls. The requirements of this section apply to special reinforced concrete structural walls serving as part of the earthquake force resisting system. Shear wall section and assumed reinforcement is investigated after analysis to verify suitability for the applied loads.