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Ductile shear vs moderately ductile shear wall

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Poul75

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Hi,
1) What kind of ductility you use in shear wall design and why? Ductile Rd=3.5 or moderately ductile Rd=2.0 or conventional construction Rd=1.5.

2) Which system is the least expensive?

Thanks for your help!
 
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