Shear wall

[Ravichandra veluri]

Hi All

When i am going to design shear wall in sap, which forces are crucial to check either ( F11 or F22 ) kindly guide me

 

[carl_usa_german]

Both of them and F12 as well.

 

[JoshPlumSE]

Well, F12 is the shear force in the plate elements. So, I'd say that this is usually the most important one. Especially for low rise structures. If you start getting into higher structures, then the axial force in the wall (which may be F11 or F22 depending on plate element orientation) becomes pretty important.

 

[Agent666]

I assume that you mean F11 or F22 JoshPlum

 

[JoshPlumSE]

Agent666 -

Thank you. Yes, I meant that axial force is either F11 or F22.... Note: I edited my previous post so that it wouldn't be confusing anymore.