Steel frame with CMU shear walls
Steel frame with CMU shear walls
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had information on a steel building with simple shear connections with cmu infill shear walls. The architect specified cmu for the enclosures around the stairs and elevator shaft. I am looking to tie this into the structural design. They are centered in the building, so I am thinking of making a reinforced cmu core. Has anyone ever done a design like this? The building is 8 stories and is 50'x50'. What kind of connections are needed between the columns, girders and the cmu?
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone had information on a steel building with simple shear connections with cmu infill shear walls. The architect specified cmu for the enclosures around the stairs and elevator shaft. I am looking to tie this into the structural design. They are centered in the building, so I am thinking of making a reinforced cmu core. Has anyone ever done a design like this? The building is 8 stories and is 50'x50'. What kind of connections are needed between the columns, girders and the cmu?
Thanks






RE: Steel frame with CMU shear walls
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RE: Steel frame with CMU shear walls
If it desired for constructability to erect the whole steel frame before the walls are built and the floors are cast, erection columns can be used at the core and built into the walls.
RE: Steel frame with CMU shear walls
RE: Steel frame with CMU shear walls
This is common steel design practice in multistorey buildings called (structure braced by the RC WALL).The two systems addressed in the design :-1/ Gravity load system- that comprises of the slab and beams that transfer GV loads to columns , known as Gravity Columns as they care only of gravity load reactions.Thus, all columns and beams connections are assumed simple.2/Lateral load resisting system-that is represented by the shear wall that receives the LATERAL loads through the inplane action of the slabs (diphragms).That is the way things are done in common practice.If further self insurance is required, please make a 3-d simple mathematical model ,it helps better understanding of the behaviour.
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SAM/ABDELMAGEED
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