Design of Walls Shear Wall Design 411.6.2 If in plane Vu ≥ 0.

5ϕVc,

Types of Walls • ℎ !" # " $

(
o 0.0025 + 0.5 &2.5 − )* ( , − 0.0025)
)
• Panel Walls o 0.0025
• Curtain Walls • ℎ # # 0.0025
,
• Bearing Walls • Calculate for Vs
• Shear Walls
• Retaining Walls /0 1
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General Considerations ( −3 )
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31
1. Minimum Wall Thickness
Where Av is the area of horizontal shear reinforcement
Wall Type Minimum thickness, h within vertical distance “s”
Bearing Greater 100 mm a. Upper Limit on Nominal Shear Strength of Walls:
of: lc/25 b. Design for Moment:
≤ 0.83 ′ ℎ
Non-bearing Greater 100 mm c.
of: Design as Cantilever Beam
lc/25 d.
Exterior 190 mm e. Where “d” is taken equal to 0.8lw.
basement and = 0.17 ′ • Check if Pu < 0.1f’cAg
Foundation Detailed calculation
= 0.27 ′ ℎ +
4
Nu is the factored axial load, taken negative for tension.

If in-plane Vu < 0.5ϕVc, minimum reinforcement shall

apply

Minimum Reinforcement for cast-in-place walls

Bar Size fy, Minimum Minimum
MPa Longitudinal, Transverse
ρl ρt
≤ 16mm ϕ ≥ 420 0.0012 0.0020
< 420 0.0015 0.0025
≤ 16mm ϕ Any 0.0015 0.0025
Reinforcing Detail

Longitudinal Reinforcement
• Spacing < 3h
< 450mm
< lw/3 if shear reinforcement is
required

Transverse Reinforcement
• Spacing < 3h
< 450mm
< lw/5 if shear reinforcement is
required

• For walls with h greater than 250mm, except

basement walls and cantilever retaining walls,
distributed reinforcement for each direction
shall be placed in two layers parallel with wall
faces
o One layer consisting of at ½ and not
exceeding 2/3 of total reinforcement
required for each direction shall be
placed at least 50mm, but not
exceeding h/3 from the exterior
surface
o The other layer consisting of the
balance of required reinforcement in
that direction, shall be placed at least
20mm, but not greater than h/3 from
the interior surface.