Design of Simple Shear wall

Given:

Distributed factored load on wall=600 KN

Horizontal factored load=200 KN

Wall thickness=200 mm

Wall height=4m

Wall length=8 m

Concrete strength=25MPa

Steel yield strength=400MPa

Wall thickness Cl. 14.1.7.1

= 200 > 150

Maximum diameter of distributed reinforcement Cl.14.1.8.2


10
 200
= = 20
10 10
Number of layers of wall reinforcement Cl. 14.1.8.1.3

= 200 < 210

Thus, use one layer of reinforcement

Minimum vertical reinforcement Cl.14.1.8.5

= 0.0015

Where is the cross-section area of the wall

= 0.0015 1000 200 = 300 2 /

Use 10M bars

Spacing For 10M bars in one layer:

# 1 100
= = = 333
0.0015 200
Use s=300

Spacing check Cl.14.1.8.4

3 = 600
= 300 < {
500
Minimum horizontal reinforcement Cl.14.1.8.6

= 0.002

= 0.002 1000 200 = 400 2 /

Use 10M bars

Spacing for 10M bars in one layer:

# 1 100
= = = 250
0.002 200
Use s=250 mm

Spacing check Cl.14.1.8.4

3 = 600
= 250 < {
500
Concentrated end reinforcement Cl.14.1.8.8.1

There shall be a not fewer than two 15M vertical bars at each end of the wall which increases the
moment resistance further more.

Check Shear Strength Cl.11.3.3

= + +

Where

=
=
=
=

. +

Check whether shear due to concrete can withstand the factored shear given.

Effective shear depth Cl.21.6.9.3:

The effective shear depth shall be as specified in Cl.2.3 but shall not be less than 0.8

Cl.2.3:
0.9
= {
0.72
0.9 = 0.9 8000 = 7200
= {
0.72 = 0.72 4000 = 2880
= 7200 > 0.8
Determination of & can be found in Cl.11.3.6

= = 0.65 1 0.18 25 200 7200 = 842400 = 842.4

Since = 842.4 > = 200

The design for shear is satisfactory

If the shear due to concrete was not enough to withstand the factored shear, the shear due to steel
reinforcement would have been determined as follows.

=

 0.85 100 400 7200 35
= = = 1.4 106 = 1400
250

, = 0.25c fc bw dv + Vp = 0.25 0.65 25 200 7200 = 5850

= + = 842.4 + 1400 = 2242.4 <

, = 5850

Check Axial Strength Cl.14.2.2.1

2 khu 2
Pr = 1 c fc Ag (1 ( ) )
3 32t

1 = 0.85 0.0015 25 = 0.8125

2 khu 2 2 0.8 4000 2

Pr = 1 c fc Ag (1 ( ) ) = 0.8125 25 1000 200 (1 ( ) ) = 2031 /
3 32t 3 32 200

Since Pr = 2031 KN/m > Pf = 600 /

The axial strength of the wall is satisfactory.

The axial strength will also be determined using strain compatibility along with moment resistance of
the section.

Check Moment resistance of the wall

Flexural capacity of the wall is hard to find since some longitudinal reinforcement undergoes yielding
due one part of wall experiencing tension. To determine the moment resistance of the wall under this
condition, one must use strain compatibility to find its flexural strength.