Thanks for all your inputs.
Murali27:
do you mean that your link beams will get wider than your shear walls?
and if that is the case, how do you develope your bending reinforcements at the bot of your link beams?
Does anybody have experience or tips on the modeling of Link beams for high rises?
We are using Etabs. Link beams suck a lot of shear and moment that makes them not designable. Have you ever had this issue before?
I know that we can play with the depth ,span,crack section assumption and the...