
- Course No E – 2089
- PDH Units: 3
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Intended Audience: Civil and Structure engineers
PDH UNITS: 3
The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials, educators, students and/or a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the seismic analysis, design, and detailing requirements of special reinforced masonry shear walls according to US Codes. The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, hence the course was designed to be an important guide for the structural engineers those working in this field.
The primary seismic force-resisting elements in buildings are horizontal diaphragms, vertical framing elements, and foundations. Together, these elements, comprise the seismic force-resisting system (SFRS). In reinforced masonry structures, the vertical framing elements are generally structural walls. They resist out-of-plane loads from wind or earthquake and transfer those loads to diaphragms and foundations. They also resist in-plane loads received from diaphragms and convey them to foundations. Given the wide variety of masonry materials, forms, and local construction practices, many kinds of reinforced masonry structural walls are possible. This course focuses on the design of one classification of walls for one loading case: special reinforced masonry shear walls subjected to in-plane seismic and gravity loads.
Learning Objectives
At the successful conclusion of this course, you’ll be able to identify and discuss:-
Gaining a general overview on the use of reinforced masonry structural walls in buildings
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Gaining a general overview on the shear wall configurations in buildings
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Gaining a general overview on the design principles for special masonry shear walls
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Gaining a general overview on the allowable stress design, strength design, and limit design
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Gaining a general overview on the flexure-dominated versus shear-dominated walls
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Gaining a general overview on the maximum vertical reinforcement requirements
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Gaining a general overview on the special boundary elements
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Gaining a general overview on the distribution of reinforcement in flexure-dominated walls
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Gaining a general overview on the grout placement and behavior
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Gaining a general overview on the lap splices in plastic hinge zones
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Gaining a general overview on the wall configurations and behavior
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Gaining a general overview on the design of coupled walls
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Gaining a general overview on the design of perforated walls
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Gaining a general overview on the limit design method
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Gaining a general overview on the stiffness and drift limits
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Gaining a general overview on the controlling axial load with building frame systems
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Gaining a general overview on the additional provisions in IBC and ASCE 7
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Gaining a general overview on the analysis procedures
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Gaining a general overview on the modeling considerations and structural idealization
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Gaining a general overview on the elastic analysis and member stiffness
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