Rigid Diaphragm Analysis
Rigid Diaphragm Analysis
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Can any body direct me to any information on the design of rigid diaphragm torsion using a combination of masonry shear walls and moment frames.
Has anyone ever done this design before?
Thanks for your help.
Has anyone ever done this design before?
Thanks for your help.






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Regards,
Lutfi
www.cdeco.com
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Thanks for the help.
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Enercalc is handicapped in this because it does not allow for none homogenous modulus of elasticity. When faced with combo materials, used for shear walls, I resort to spreadsheets and prorate the E based on one of the materials. I normally use Masonry if it is the dominant material and then ratio steel and concrete based on CMU. You also have to compute I for each wall manually (or have excel do it with minor formula).
Regards,
Lutfi
Lutfi
www.cdeco.com
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There is a bug in Enercalc's rigid diaphragm program when the walls are not orthogonal. I found it last year and brought it to their attention.
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Do you know if Enercalc took care of the bug? I must say that I have not used Enercalc for non-orthogonal walls.
Regards,
Lutfi
www.cdeco.com
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