I've never heard of that exception before. Would you mind referencing that portion of the code?
Since it's a flexible diaphragm, am I allowed to even use that provision?
The building length overall is about 400x250. About 300 feet of that 400 feet length is concrete wall on masonry.
We have contraction joints I believe at 2H of the wall, max joint spacing 24 ft. Construction joints are a lot longer than that.
Very similar to that but it's a dock well instead of a basement, so soil is on the other side. The only reason why it's a special reinforced concrete shear wall is because in SDC D it is the only type of concrete wall that is allowed. The masonry above is a special masonry wall. Both have same...
Well KootK, I'll elaborate a little more. We have two conditions. It's a 20ft masonry wall on top of a 8ft retaining wall. So the concrete portion is a squatty wall.
I was just thinking that if it were a masonry wall on top of a concrete retaining wall, there would essentially be a hinge at...
I have a few questions regarding special concrete shear walls that are also acting as a retaining wall. It will be restrained at the roof and at the bottom of the foundation (we won't be doweling into the slab since it is only 4" thick). These are squatty walls with H/L<=2
Our geotech told us...
