Hi everyone,
When evaluating shear walls for wind loads, should cracking checks and adjustments to section properties be based on ultimate load combinations or service-level load combinations? If sections crack under ultimate loads but not under service loads, wouldn’t using uncracked...
With reference to this discussion thread167-379105
ACI 318-14 talks about designing the vertical wall elements in the shear wall as a 'Wall Pier' or a 'Wall' depending on the cross section aspect ratios and height to length ratios.
When the categorization is something like (lw/bw) <2.5 and...