Shear Wall Design of A G+12 Structure In ETABS

Abstract

A shear wall is a structural system composed of braced panels (also known as shear panels).Reinforced concrete
(RC) buildings often have vertical plate-like RC walls called shear walls in addition to slabs, beams and column. These walls
are used to counter the effects of lateral load acting on a structure. Wind and seismic loads are the most common loads that
shear walls are designed to carry. Shear walls resist in-plane loads that are applied along its height. The applied load is
generally transferred to the wall by a diaphragm or collector or drag member to the foundation. Shear walls are easy to
construct, because reinforcement detailing of walls is relatively straight-forward and therefore easily implemented at site.
Shear walls are efficient, both in terms of construction cost and effectiveness in minimizing earthquake damage in structural
and non-structural elements (like glass windows and building contents.). The shear walls requirements given in IS 13920: 1993
code book. Constructions made of shear walls are high in strength, they majorly resist the seismic force, wind force and even
can be build on soils of weak bases by adopting various ground improvement techniques. Not only the quickness in construction
process but the strength parameters and effectiveness to bear horizontal loads is very high. Shear walls generally used in earth
quake prone areas, as they are highly efficient in taking the loads. There are a lot of literatures available to design and analyze
the shear wall. However, the decision about the location of shear wall in a multi-storey building is not much discussed in any
literatures. There are many software packages that are available to locate and design the shear wall in a structure such as
ETABS .