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Shear Wall Design (ACI318M-02) 2

Shear Wall Design (ACI318M-02)

The design of shear walls involves providing adequate cross-section and reinforcements to resist bending, shear, axial, and twisting forces due to gravity and lateral loads. For an element to be described as a reinforced concrete wall, the length to thickness ratio should be equal to or greater than 4 (Clause 9.6.

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