SD Lecture17 What is a Shear Wall
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Lecture #17
What is a shear wall ?
Consider the simple analogy of a typical residential interior stud wall.
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Consider a 12’ long by 8’ high stud wall sitting on a concrete slab.
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A stud wall is built from 2”x 4” wooden or steel studs placed every 16”
on center, with 2”x 4” pieces at the top and the bottom.
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The studs are secured with “toe-nailing” 10d nails @ 30º.
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Consider now the application of a large horizontal load to the stud
wall coming from wind or seismic loads.
1000 lbs
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The shear wall will “rack” and some nails are pulled out.
1000 lbs
The dotted lines represents the original structure
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As the load is continually applied, the stud frame racks more and more until it
collapses.
1000 lbs
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Eventually, the stud wall collapses, as this California house.
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Now reinforce the structure with 4’ x 8’ plywood or drywall sheets.
The dotted lines represent the stud walls.
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When the shear wall is now pushed, it does not deform but ratherslides to the right.
1000 lbs
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Finally, the panel is anchored to the floor slab.
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When the load is reapplied, shear appears in the middle of the panel, tension on the left, and compression on the right.
1000 lbs
compression
tension
shear
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The shears at the center of the panel cancel out. However, the tension and compression forces create a couple which is equal to a moment.
compressionte
nsion
MOMENT
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This is identical to a tall building that bends under wind and seismic loads.
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In a tall building, the columns on the
windward side may go into tension, and
the columns on the leeward side have an
increase of compression. This is the same
model we just saw for the stud wall.
Because the tall building is subject to this
force couple, it deflects primarily in flexure
(bending).
Therefore, a shear wall is perhaps a
misnomer, since or model stud wall panel
is primarily influenced by the tension on
one side and the compression on the other
side, also creating a moment. Hence, our
“shear wall” is really a short and stubby
flexural wall.
All shear walls behave like this, including
the large and heavy reinforced concrete
shear walls we use for our tall buildings in
our cities.