bookowski, Thanks for responding to the thread here, appreciate your thoughts. The hand calc version of the resolving couple is something we looked at quickly but it appears (based on FEM) that by lengthening the walking transfer zone to multiple stories it does bring the forces down. For...
Walking columns and associated slab diaphragm forces: We have a condition on one face of a building that requires walking columns back from their position at the upper levels (residential units) to their position in the garage below.
That said, we are using the floor to floor resistance to...
