TDWBeca
Structural
- Sep 12, 2002
- 1
I am designing shear walls (by hand) for a multistory building based on Etabs output. We have a variety of walls all connected by rigid floor diaphragms. All wall elements are given individual pier numbers irrespective of whether they are isolated or connected to other walls (i.e. at corners). Where walls are interconnected, say an L shape at a corner, I understand that because I have elected to output axial loads, shears and moments individually for each wall element (each wall in each direction), the output forces are just those that each wall element feels, not the overall actions for the combined wall. Alternatively, I also understand that I can select all of the wall elements as a single pier and output design actions for the combined wall. If I choose the former, is it correct to design each wall element flexural steel for the etabs individual element design actions knowing that when combined this will give me adequate flexural strength to resist the combined wall actions? In other words, can I design each wall element for an L shaped wall individually, or do I have to design for the total L shaped wall action? Please help.