Facultad

de Ingeniería y Ciencias
OCIV 471 – Hormigón Armado
Example 1
Design of Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls Fall 2
Example 1 FINAL EXAM
Building Layout
Design of Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls Fall
This exam goesDesign trougheach
the30’
steps of designing
Reinforced Concretea Shear
slender special
Wall, reinfoced
detailing boundary concrete shear
elements, wall,steel, distributed
confining
Building
starting from preliminary
horizontal and Layout
sizing of the
vertical wall
steel, andand finally to ofdetailed
development design
steel into of the
boundary reinforcement.
elements.
Design each 9mDesign reinforced concrete
each 30’ shear
Reinforced wall, Shear
Concrete detailing
Wall,boundary elements,elements,
detailing boundary confining steel, steel, distributed
confining
distributed
Example 1
horizontal and vertical steel, and development of steel into boundary
horizontal and vertical steel, and development of steel into boundary elements. elements.
Building
Design of layout and elevation
Special Reinforced areShear
Concrete presented
Walls in the following figures. Fall 2011
Gravity Framing
A.4 Determine Base Shear
The Design Base Shear is calculated from ASCE 7-10 Section 12.8.1. Per ASCE 7-10, Table 12.2-1, A.1, R =Gravity
5 for Framing
Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls. Gravity
framing
Given/Assumptions:
Shear Wall:
1.34 Sa at Period of Structure 5 R, Response Modification Factor
1.0 I, Importance Factor (Assumed) 13,000 kip
30’
W, Seismic Weight Strength:
Shear Wall:
30’
9m f’Strength:
c = 6000 psi
Base Shear:

𝑆 1.34 f’c = 6000 psi

𝑉 = ∙𝑊 = ∙ 13000𝑘𝑖𝑝 = 3484 𝑘𝑖𝑝
𝑅 5
𝐼 1.0 Loading:
Results:
Dead Load:
Design Base Shear
Plan Vw
Loading:
= 120kip
b =d 3,484 psf + Shear wall (150 pcf)
Dead Load:
Plan Live
wd =Load 120 psf + Shear wall (150 pcf)
A.5 Equivalent Lateral Forces 5 @ 24’ = 120’ W = 40 psf
5 @ 7.5 m = 37.5 m
The Equivalent Lateral Forces applied on the structure for design are a function of the Base Shear and the
l
weight
Live Load
of each floor per ASCE7-10 Section 12.8.3. For the purposes of this example, it is assumed that all of theWfloors will
5 @ 24’ = 120’ l = 40 psf
6 @ 3.5 m = 21m

have an equal weight.

Seismic:
Given/Assumptions:
6 @ 12’

2160 kip w, Weight of Each Floor 12’ Height of Each Floor Seismic:
DS S = 1.34
6 n, Number of Floors 1.0 k, exponent (for Ta < 0.5 sec)
6 @ 12’

SSD1DS==0.62
1.34

Seismic Force at Each Floor, x: SD1 = 0.62

𝐹 =𝐶 𝑉

where: Elevation
Results of equivalent static methodElevation
𝑤 ℎ
indicate
𝐶 = the following seismic lateral forces per story (not
∑ 𝑤ℎ
per wall).
Results:
Design Equivalent Lateral Forces
F6=4426 kN F6 = 995 kip
F5=3692 kN F5 = 830 kip
F4=2954 kN F4 = 664 kip
F3=2215 kN F3 = 498 kip
F2=1477 kN F2 = 332 kip
F1 =738 kN F1 = 166 kip

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Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias
OCIV 471 – Hormigón Armado

Material properties are f’c=40 MPa, fy=420 MPa. Service gravity loads are 6 kN/m2 dead
(including slab self weight but not wall self weight) and 2 kN/m2 live. Concrete unit weight is 24
kN/m3.

1. Determine the wall length, in cm.

2. Determine the maximum and minimum axial load Pu, in kN, at the wall base.
3. Provide the preliminary design of vertical steel at boundary elements. Include a sketch of the
proposed reinforcement.
4. Provide the preliminary design of vertical and horizontal distributed reinforcement of the
shear wall for shear. Include a sketch of the proposed reinforcement.
5. Provide the preliminary design of confinement steel at boundary elements at the wall base.
Assume that special boundary element is required. Include a sketch of the proposed
reinforcement. Do not forget to check the development length of the hook (horizontal shear
reinforcement) anchored at the core of boundary elements.
6. Check the preliminary vertical reinforcement design (boundary and middle section) by
calculating the shear wall P-M interaction diagram (φMn, φPn) and comparing with the
required demand (Mu, Pu).
7. Design the confinement steel at boundary elements over the height. Determine the heights
over what special boundary element, ordinary boundary element or no confinement steel are
required. Provide an elevation sketch.
8. Note that the building height exceeds the available commercial length of reinforcing bars.
Therefore, splices are required. Moreover, moment demand Mu decreases over the wall
height. Determine all the required splices and locations and reduce the vertical reinforcement
required at boundary elements (bars cut off) at least at one section over the wall height.

Provide a detailed drawing of your complete wall design (cross sections, elevations, details). This
is a fundamental part of your exam solution. Without this part the exam will not be graded.

Note: Report for this final solution must be completely prepared in a computer (text, sketch and
final drawings). Handwritten solutions will not be graded. The exam is individual, no teamwork
allowed (minimum grade 1.0 will be given if teamwork detected).