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Modifiers of cracked walls on ETABS

Ahmed moustafaStructural Engineer at Khatib & Alami CECTop Contributor

Hello every body
can any one tell me about decreasing modifiers of cracked walls&columns
according to ACI .10.10.4.1 .
we will decrease m11, m22, m12&f11, f22, f12 ?? or decrease m11, m22, m12??
and why
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Ibrahim
Ibrahim Kadry
Senior Structural Designer at saudi binladin group
Assigning (0.35) for the cracked walls and cracked columns to decrease the stresses which developed in the
element due to the bending and Axial forces (f11,f22,f12,m11,m22 & m12).
These high stresses are usually developed in the locations of high deformations such as columns and walls
segment above the transfer elements directly.
when you assign the modifiers to the above value , the developed stresses shall be less than the modulus of
rupture.
Modulus of rupture is evaluated in flexure test as a function of compressive strength. General expression for
modulus of rupture is given as:
Modulus of rupture (fr) = C * sqrt(fc')

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where C is a constant that takes a value between 7.5 and 12 if (fc') is expressed in psi, and between 0.62 to 0.99
if (fc') is expressed in MPa, respectively (ACI, 2010). These expressions provide good agreement with
experimental data upto strength of 100 MPa, but often underestimate the values for higher strength.
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Ahmed moustafa
Structural Engineer at Khatib & Alami CEC
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thanks eng.ibrahim&eng.Hasan for your interest,

i think we will only decrease f22 , f11 that affect on the flexure of the wall if the section is cracked.
but we don't have to decrease f12 because it affect on the shear of the section and we can't make this .
tell me if i am wrong.
there is link below i got it from a college on linked in :
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/etabs/Modeling+cracked+section+properties+for+shear+wall+and+slab
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Rizki Jauhari
Jr. Structural Engineer at YL Engineers

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for Uncracked Wall f22, M11, M22, M12 = 0.7

for Cracked Wall f22, M11, M22, M12 = 0.35
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Rizki
Rizki Jauhari
Jr. Structural Engineer at YL Engineers
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local axis 1 horizontal, local axis 2 vertical

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Hasan
Hasan Sadreddin
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For columns assign 0.70 stiff modifier ratio on moments around 2 and 3 axis due to tension of longitudinal
buckling on two direction.
For concrete walls assign of 0.7 stiff modify ratio on f22 , because on shell elements membrane stress causes to
moment and axial force and by this act (decrease of membrane stress similar to f22), affect on moment and axial
force.
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