Please see the picture. Assume this is one story wood structure building under seismic control. The shearwalls are at exterior walls both side (the red lines)
My question is May I treat the beam at line B as a collector (the green line) if there is no interior & exterior shearwalls on line B...
See ASCE 12.10.1.1 “floor and roof diaphragms shall be designed to resist design seismic forces …………… in accordance with eq. 12.10-1”.
If I design a floor diaphragm (wood structure), or slab (concrete or steel structure), May I use Fpx (calculated from 12.10-1) divided by the floor length as a...
Hi guys, a fresh Structual engineer. I am confused to define the number of bays in ASCE 7-05 section 12.3.4.2.
A concrete shear wall structure. If the story height is 12 ft and a continue concrete shear wall length is 24ft, May I look it as a 2 bays shear wall since the ratio of length/height...
