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Shear Walls - Tuks Notes

The document discusses shear walls in reinforced concrete design, focusing on their role in transferring lateral forces and resisting bending in multiple directions. It outlines the requirements for shear wall layout, including continuity, torsional stiffness, and calculations for tensile and compressive loads. Additionally, it provides an example calculation for determining the required area of tension rebar in a shear wall.

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Shear Walls - Tuks Notes

The document discusses shear walls in reinforced concrete design, focusing on their role in transferring lateral forces and resisting bending in multiple directions. It outlines the requirements for shear wall layout, including continuity, torsional stiffness, and calculations for tensile and compressive loads. Additionally, it provides an example calculation for determining the required area of tension rebar in a shear wall.

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2021/06/21

SIN 413
REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

THEME 5- 3
CONCRETE FRAMED STRUCTURES

SHEAR WALLS

Diaphragm action – load transfer of lateral forces through the slab to the shear
walls. A horizontal structural system transfers lateral forces to vertical elements.

Diaphragm action (Brooker, 2006)

• Walls resist bending in the


North-South direction
• Frame action in the East-West
direction
• Good torsional stiffness

Shear wall layout (Brooker, 2006)

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• Walls resist bending in


both planes
• Good torsional stiffness

Shear wall layout (Brooker, 2006)

• Core resists bending in


both planes
• Poor torsional stiffness due
to eccentricity

Shear wall layout (Brooker, 2006)

• Core resists bending in


both planes
• Good torsional stiffness

Shear wall layout (Brooker, 2006)

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• Cores resists bending in


both planes for each
section
• Relative shear
displacement at movement
joint

Shear wall layout (Brooker, 2006)

Shear walls should be checked for the worst combination of axial load, as
well and in plane and out of plane bending moments on the wall.

Shear walls should be continuous along the height of the structure

In plan, the shear centre of the structure should coincide with the centre of
action of the applied horizontal load in both orthogonal directions. If not,
then twisting should be considered.

The maximum tensile stress is calculated:

𝑁 𝑀
𝜎
𝐿𝑡 𝑡𝐿 /6

N = ultimate axial load


M = ultimate in plane moment
L = wall length
t = wall thickness

The ultimate compressive load < ultimate load capacity of the wall (Fc)

Fc = 0.43fckAc + 0.77fyAsc

Where:
Ac = area of concrete per unit length of wall
Asc = area of vertical rebar per unit length of wall

The required area of tension rebar in a rectangular shaped wall is:

.
𝐴 .
(for I, C shaped or box sections 𝐴
.
)

Where:
Lt = length of the wall in tension (this is often taken as 1m)
If there is tension at the base of the wall then this must be resisted by the
weight of the mass foundations or by designing the piles to resist tension.

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Example adapted from Brooker, 2006


Lateral and gravity loads for a shear wall area shown

N = 0.9 x (35kN/m 2.5m x4) = 315kN


M = 1.6 x (40kNx12 + 75(9+6+3)) = 2928kNm

𝑁 𝑀 315 10 2928 10
𝜎
𝐿𝑡 𝑡𝐿 /6 2500 200 200 2500 /6
= 0.63 - 14.05
= -13.42 MPa

Assume that the tension is resisted by 1m at the end of the


wall:

0.5𝜎 𝐿 𝑡 0.5 13.42 1000 200


𝐴 3427𝑚𝑚𝑚
0.87𝑓 0.87 450

Therefore 1714 mm2/ face

Provide Y20@150 EF (2094mm2/m)

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