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This Technical Note describes how the program designs concrete wall span-
drels for shear using the 1997 UBC. Note that in this program you cannot
specify shear reinforcing and then have the program check it. The program
only designs the spandrel for shear and reports how much shear reinforcing is
required.
General
The wall spandrel shear reinforcing is designed for each of the design load
combinations. The required area of reinforcing for vertical shear is only cal-
culated at the ends of the spandrel beam.
In this program, wall spandrels are designed for major direction flexure and
shear forces only. Effects caused by any axial forces, minor direction bending,
torsion or minor direction shear that may exist in the spandrels must be in-
vestigated by the user independent of the program.
The following steps are involved in designing the shear reinforcing for a par-
ticular wall spandrel section for a particular design loading combination at a
particular station.
2. Determine the shear force, Vc, that can be carried by the concrete.
3. Determine the required shear reinforcing to carry the balance of the shear
force.
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Shear Wall Design UCB 97 Spandrel Shear Design
Note:
You can specify in the overwrites that Vc is to be ignored (set to zero) for spandrel shear
calculations.
Note that there is an overwrite available that allows you to ignore the con-
crete contribution to the shear strength of the spandrel. If this overwrite is
activated, the program sets Vc to zero for the spandrel.
The term RLW that is used as a multiplier on all f c' terms in this Technical
Note is a shear strength reduction factor that applies to lightweight concrete.
It is equal to 1 for normal weight concrete. This factor is specified in the con-
crete material properties.
Note:
The term RLW that is used as a multiplier on all f c' terms in this Technical Note is a
shear strength reduction factor that applies to lightweight concrete. It is equal to 1 for
normal weight concrete. This factor is specified in the concrete material properties.
Given Vu and Vc, the required force to be carried by the shear reinforcing, Vs,
is calculated using Equation 2.
Vu
V s = V n - Vc = - Vc Eqn. 2
φ
Given Vs, Equation 3 initially calculates the required vertical shear reinforcing
in area per unit length (e.g., square inches per foot) for both seismic and
nonseismic wall spandrels (as indicated in the preferences). Note that addi-
tional requirements that are checked for both seismic and nonseismic wall
spandrels are given following Equation 3.
Vn - Vc Vs
Av = = Eqn. 3
fysdspandrel fysdspandrel
Note:
You can set the output units for the distributed shear reinforcing in the shear wall design
preferences.
The following additional checks are also performed for both seismic and non-
seismic spandrels.
Ls
• When > 5 , the program verifies:
d spandrel
Ls V
! When > 5 and u > 0.5Vc , the minimum areas of vertical and
dspandrel φ
horizontal shear reinforcing in the spandrel are:
50t s
A v-min = Eqn. 4b
fys
Ah-min = 0 Eqn. 4c
Ls Vu
! When > 5 and ≤ 0.5Vc , the minimum areas of vertical and
dspandrel φ
horizontal shear reinforcing in the spandrel are:
Note:
When calculating the Ls /dspandrel term, the program always uses the smallest value of
dspandrel that is applicable to the spandrel.
Ls
" When 2 ≤ ≤ 5 , the program verifies:
dspandrel
Vu 2 Ls
RLW fc' t sdspandrel
Vn = ≤ 10 + Eqn. 4e
φ 3 dspandrel
Ls
• When < 2 , the program verifies:
dspandrel
Vu
Vn = ≤ 8R LW fc' tsdspandrel , Eqn. 4h
φ
Note that the check in Equation 4a is based on Vs, whereas the checks in
Equations 4e and 4h are based on Vn.
Note:
For nonseismic spandrels, Avd is reported as zero.
Vu
A vd = , Eqn. 5
2 (0.85) fyssinα
where,
0.8hs
sinα = ,
L2s + (0.8hs )2
where hs is the height of the spandrel and Ls is the length of the spandrel.
In the output, the program reports the diagonal shear reinforcing as either
required or not required (i.e., optional). The diagonal shear reinforcing is re-
ported as required when Vu > 4 B? bdspandrel.