Hi seismic gurus,
I have a RC building w/ 2 lift/stair cores providing lateral stability. I have assigned shear forces to each wall relative to each wall's stiffness. I have some precast RC wall panels which act as loadbearing walls (with a simple grouted dowel connection at each end of the...
I'm designing a small (3.5m x 5m) residential slab-on-ground for an addition to a house near an urban train line, which is subjected to vibration. The house is about 100m from the vibration source and will be supporting single storey brick veneer construction.
I'm curious to know if there is a...
I have a four storey attached building (common or party walls on both longitudinal sides), 5.5 x 26 meters (16.5 x 78') with no shear walls in the transverse direction. Steel portal frames (pinned column bases) are being utilized at fairly regular spacings at all floors which support a concrete...
