×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Masonry Shear Walls
2

Masonry Shear Walls

Masonry Shear Walls

(OP)
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.

RE: Masonry Shear Walls

d will be less than the wall length.  Check the definition for d in the ACI 530 or your applicable masonry code.

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

(OP)
UcfSE,

Thanks for the input.  It is greatly appreciated.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources