Wood/Timber Shear walls:
In order to determine the seismic force due to self weight of the shear wall, should we include the total weight of the shear wall or only HALF of its weight.
I noticed that Allan Williams uses the whole weight of the shear wall except when he determines shear wall deflection, he uses half the weight. I really do not know why??
Concrete/Masonry Slender Shear Walls
In designing Concrete/Masonry Slender Shear Walls, do we include live load to determine Moment due to eccentricity but we should not include the live load to determine Moment due to P-delta effect, is that right??
In order to determine the seismic force due to self weight of the shear wall, should we include the total weight of the shear wall or only HALF of its weight.
I noticed that Allan Williams uses the whole weight of the shear wall except when he determines shear wall deflection, he uses half the weight. I really do not know why??
Concrete/Masonry Slender Shear Walls
In designing Concrete/Masonry Slender Shear Walls, do we include live load to determine Moment due to eccentricity but we should not include the live load to determine Moment due to P-delta effect, is that right??