Stability of buildings
Subtitle: Shear walls
By: Institution of Structural Engineers ; A Gardner MEng(Hons) MA(Cantab) CEng MIStructE (The Institution of Structural Engineers)
Contributors: Institution of Structural Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher: Institution of Structural Engineers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781523102471; 9781906335274
Subjects: Buildings; Shear walls; Structural frames; Design and construction; Safety measures; Engineering Standards; Structural stability; Standards; Constructions; Murs de cisaillement; Normes techniques; Stabilité; Normes; Architecture (object genre)
Other titles: Shear walls
Description: Part 3 introduces structural shear walls considering their form, behaviour and construction options. Theory, analysis and modelling, and design are each considered in turn. Of these, the topic of design is intentionally broad with sub-sections for different materials including reinforced concrete, masonry, steel and timber. This Guide also recognises the real-life design challenges of modern buildings and identifies some of the common non-structural requirements of walls that impact on the structural engineer's design decisions. It does not attempt to be a prescriptive manual. Instead it gives an overview and tends to navigate readers towards sources of further reading. The series is an introduction written primarily for graduate design engineers, particularly those approaching a professional review. The content is largely applicable to all buildings, whether permanent or temporary, static or deployable, and is considered to have international relevance. --
Notes: "March 2015."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.; title: Design overview:; title: Form and configuration ; Resistance and force transfer ; Failure mechanisms ; Materials ; Monolithic and jointed construction ; Coupled behaviour ; Buckling and buckling restraint ; Slenderness and effective heights ; Limit state philosophy and initial wall sizing -- -- 3.; title: Requirements of walls:; title: Introduction ; Wall locations ; Non-structural partitions and non-loadbearing panels ; Cores ; Vertical access and transportation ; Service risers and distribution ; Insulation and compartmentalisation -- -- 4.; title: Elastic theory of thin-walled sections:; title: Introduction ; Complementary shear ; Torsion ; Warp and warp restraint ; Lintel beams in sections subject to torsion ; Centroid and shear centre -- -- 5.; title: Modelling and analysis:; title: Introduction ; Modelling simplifications ; Modelling vertical stability structures ; Modelling horizontal stability systems ; Manually apportioning actions between vertical stability systems ; Modelling boundary conditions ; Elastic and plastic analysis -- -- 6.; title: Monolithic reinforced concrete shear wall construction:; title: Introduction ; Modelling the stiffness of concrete ; Ultimate and serviceability limit state design of reinforced concrete sections ; Concrete classes ; Minimum wall thickness ; Reinforcement and embedments ; Construction -- -- 7.; title: Non-monolithic shear wall construction:; title: Introduction ; Precast construction ; Precast reinforced concrete wall construction ; Hybrid precast in situ reinforced concrete wall construction ; Timber and light gauge steel 'platform' frame construction ; Mass timber ; Loadbearing masonry ; Steel plate diaphragm walls in steel framed buildings -- -- 8.; title: Shear infill panels:; title: Introduction ; Common characteristics of infill systems ; Masonry infill panels.