Masonry shear walls
Masonry shear walls
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Is there a limiting height to width ratio for masonry shear walls in either the IBC or ACI 530? Also, are perforated masonry shear walls permitted or discussed in either publication? I cannot find information on either. thanks






RE: Masonry shear walls
I design perforated shear walls per Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook, by Amrhein. The lateral force is distributed to the individual parts of the wall according to relative stiffness, so the wall does not act as one large wall.
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http://www.cmacn.org/publications/computer.htm
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http://www.risatech.com/risamasonry.asp
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It seems to me a far too simplistic approach, specially to locate the centroid of the compression side of the wall....