KootK: Thank you thank you! That white paper is exactly the summary of the situation I was looking for. It offers the most concise and holistic analysis I've seen so far. I hadn't considered the effects of rotation from the floors below, but its seems clear that you should, especially for any...
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My firm is getting into the delightful realm of multi-story wood construction and we are trying to get an understanding for how to accurately calculate drift in the wall so we can demonstrate compliance with ASCE 7-10 12.12. Most examples I've seen only address single story structures. We...
I'm currently doing some work for the owner of an Unreinforced Masonry (URM) building located in Portland, OR. Running through the Tier 1 checks (similar to the Tier 1 checks of the ASCE 31-03 previously), the building has several deficiencies as expected including In-Plane and Out-of-Plane...
