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As i see rarely someone check wither the shear wall is cracked or not then apply stiffness modification accordingly for the shear wall, as you know we should apply F22=0.35 for cracked wall and F22=0.7 for uncracked wall (default axes orientation)?
we check this by creating a model and...
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Is it enough to check drift limit, stability index only by RSA or we need to check those for Equivalent lateral force too, when both method permitted in table 12.6-1 for analyzing the building?
what about when only RSA method permitted for analyzing the building (ELF not permiited) do we...
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In IBC 2018 for this kind of building i only find that if its occupant load >5000 it will be Risk category III otherwise it will be Risk category II, am i right?
Occupant load of this building is around 2000 should i choose Risk Category II for this building
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In soil report we only get the Net allowable bearing capacity and we use that Net allowable bearing capacity which is usually around 200 kN/m2 at depth of 7-9m (soil type is very stiff to hard light brown to grayish brown fat silty CLAY), which is larger enough for building around 12 stories...
