Strength Design of Masonry #4 – Strength Design of Walls for In-Plane Loads & Seismic Detailing

Shear walls are critical building elements to resist in-plane loads and are, for masonry, the seismic-force-resisting system. This session will review strength design of shear walls, along with both seismic detailing requirements and minimum/maximum detailing requirements for such walls.

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce masonry shear walls and applied loads on these critical elements
• Discuss seismic detailing requirements for masonry shear walls
• Review the strength design provisions for masonry shear walls for combined axial load and bending and for shear
• Overview maximum and minimum reinforcement limits and detailing of shear walls