Another question I had is if anybody knows the best way to go about an initial 'approximate' design for the wall to find size, shape, etc. before using a finite element analysis program like SAP to model this initial structure.
Thanks in advance.
I am currently in the process of trying to design a RC shear wall for a multistory building. I am looking into how the different sections of the shear wall interact. For instance if you have a two foot section above a doorway that connects to walls, how do those interact when they are stacked...
