Shear Wall Design Parameters we will be discussing

Applicable codes.
Stepwise design process/flow.
Comparison of ETABS and RCDC values.
Comparison of RCDC and Spreadsheet values.
Comparison of design as a Shear wall and as a
a Column quantity takeoff.
Discussion/Conclusion.




Sr. Design Criteria Clause / Code
1 Max Area of reinforcement 26.5.3.1 a/b
2 Min Area of reinforcement 26.5.3.1 a/b
3 Min Number of bars 26.5.3.1 c
4 Min. eccentricity Calculations 25.4 & 39.2
5 Effective Length 25.2
6 Slenderness Moments 25.3 & 39.7
7 Design for axial loads 39.3
8 Design for axial loads and uni-axial bending 39.5
9 Design for axial loads and biaxial bending 39.6
10 Design of horizontal links 26.5.3.2
11 Design of shear strength 40.2
Design criteria and applicable codes
IS 456-200
Sr. Design Criteria Clause / Code
1 Spacing of Special confining reinforcement 9.4.5 and 7.4
2 C/s Area of Special confining reinforcement 7.4.7
3 Applicability of boundary element 9.4.1
4
Muv Moment capacity of web
Annex A and 9.3
5 Additional comp force in BE 9.4.2
6 Check for BE in tension and compression 9.4.3 and 9.4.4
7 SW general requirement 9.1.1 to 9.1.7
8 SW Shear Strength 9.2.1 to 9.2.6
9 Construction Joints 9.8
10 Development, Splice and Anchorage 9.9
Design criteria and applicable codes
IS 13920-1993 Ed 1.2 (02-03)
Elements of Shear wall



Web non confining/ non ductile
Boundary Elements Confining/ductile
Vertical reinforcement and stirrups
For Non confining zone (BE)
For Confining zone (Web)






BE Web BE
Shear Wall in RCDC
1
Acquiring of General Data from ETABS : size of SW, Level, Grade of
Steel/ Concrete, dimensions of wall
Acquiring of Load data; Pu, Mux, Muy, Vux, Vuy
2
Check for requirement of boundary element IS 13920 cl .9.4.1
Minimum eccentricity check IS 456 cl. 25.4 & 39.2
Slenderness check Is 456 cl. 25.3 & 39.7
3
Calculation of DESIGN moment (IS 456 25.4 / 39.2)
Picking the max value from M-analysis and M-minecc
[Comparing this with ETABS design values].
Shear Wall in RCDC
4

Biaxial bending check Mux1, Muy1, Pu/Puz and alpha.
Interaction ratio < 1 (IS 456 39.5 and 39.6)
5
BE element length as a proportion wrt SW length
Calculation of Muv IS 13920- Annex A (Moment by web)
Calculation of Moment by Boundary Element

6
Lever arm and additional force in BE (Lw Length of BE/2)
( but as per IS 13920 this is center to center of BE while RCDC
calculates lever arm i.e. from face of one BE to center of other BE)
RCDC gives conservative force in BE
Shear Wall in RCDC
7
Check for compression capacity of BE
Check for tensile capacity of BE
Wall configuration table
8
Design for shear along Length of SW (9.2.1 and 9.2.6)
Design of shear along breadth of SW

9
Design of links ( Web area i.e. non confining area) IS 13920 7.4
Design of Special Confining reinforcement
Links configuration table
Observations on RCDC and shear wall
design
RCDC designs conservative boundary
elements as the lever arm considered by RCDC
is more w.r.t. code specification, This results in
greater moment which is in turn greater axial
force (force couple analogy).
RCDC is silent on Cl. 9.8 construction joints
i.e. vert. reinf. ratio = 0.92/fy(Tv-Pu/Ag) it is
very likely that walls are casted in two lifts.
All in all RCDC designs are satisfactory.


Observations on RCDC and shear wall
design
RCDC or ETABS does not correctly design L,T,C
or E shaped shear wall configuration.
Also if shearwall reduce in length in a tall
building what is to be done is to be discussed.
A standard drawings for SW elevations is
added to the standard drawings library.




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