In my previous design, the shear friction check was frequently ignored, but in reality, it is a construction joint. Recently I was doing some light reinforcement work and start thinking about it. Glad you also agree on it.
Found out this is the only forum where structural engineers are active.
Here is the one-story CMU wall structure. The base shear is always being considered as summing up the roof weight + upper half of the wall weight. When it comes to design the adequate of the shear friction between the...
