Drift Capacity of Walls Accounting for Shear: The 2004 Canadian Code Provisions

This paper presents the new provisions in the 2004 Canadian code for flexural displacement capacity of concrete walls, and the new provisions for seismic shear design of slender concrete walls. In order to facilitate explanation of the seismic shear provisions, general expressions for shear design are presented first, and the non-seismic shear design provisions in the Canadian and ACI 318 building codes are briefly reviewed. According to the new seismic shear design provisions presented here, the maximum shear force and concrete contribution depend on the inelastic rotation demand in the plastic hinge, and the compression stress (critical crack) angle used to determine the quantity of horizontal reinforcement depends on the axial compression stress applied on the wall. The 2004 Canadian code provisions generally require more horizontal reinforcement than the ACI 318 provisions except when inelastic rotational demand is small and axial compression stress is large; however, the Canadian provisions permit significantly higher shear stress for high-strength concrete walls. The new provisions can be used to design concrete walls given the expected level of drift demand or, as demonstrated in this paper, can be used to estimate drift capacity of walls accounting for the significant influence of shear.

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  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

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• Authors:
  • Adebar, P
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 151-170
• Monograph Title: Deformation Capacity and Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Members under Cyclic Loading

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building codes; Compressive strength; Drift; Flexural strength; Reinforced concrete retaining walls; Seismicity; Shear strength; Walls
• Identifier Terms: Canadian Building Code
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052008
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 087031209X
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP236-8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 21 2007 4:12PM