If Pu is low, you can get away with wall detailing. No rings on alternate bars etc. But if Pu is high, you must detail (at least the Compression strut) like a column.
Masroor
I am designing a 40 feet high partition wall inside a very large factory building to separate different air-quality areas. I am using sandwitch panels supported by cantilevered steel columns. For design, I use the customary 5psf load and basic design principles. Is that all I need to do?
SAM
CSE
This is really too much. I once designed blast-proof for a gas field and the "company-specified" blast pressure was about 150psf. This was fairly close to a pressure vessel so the blast potential must have been fairly high.
Structurally, there is a big difference between steady state pressure...
