Masonry Shear Walls
Masonry Shear Walls
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I am designing a building where I need to used shear walls at various loacations along the building wall. In finding the shear (v) I used the [uniform loading x tributary width between shear walls]/2 and in calculating the stress I used the length of wall as the (d) factor. (M/Vd)
Would this be a correct approach and does any have any suggestions as to good examples for this case.
Thank you.
Would this be a correct approach and does any have any suggestions as to good examples for this case.
Thank you.






RE: Masonry Shear Walls
Your diaphragm load distribution is accurate if you have a flexible diaphragm. You can check in your building code to determine if you have a flexible or rigid diaphragm, or somewhere in between.
RE: Masonry Shear Walls
Thanks for the input. It is greatly appreciated.