Walls Flashcards

1
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ductility formula

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ultimate / yield

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2
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lp

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equivalent length of plastic hinge

- lower bound approximation: lp = h/2

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3
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yield strain

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= fy / Es

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4
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yield curvature

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= 2 ey / lw

  • function of the yield strain of the steel
  • not a function of section geometry
  • nothing to do with strength
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5
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estimate of wall neutral axis

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k = 0.25
c = klw = lw / 4
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6
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Determining structural ductility factor

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  • longest wall yields and reaches max ductility first
  • max drift targeting is limited by ductility of longest wall
  • ductility demand on other walls decreases as length of wall decreases
  • structural response determined by summing wall responses
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7
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benefit of lower stiffness

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smaller loads

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8
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benefit of bigger stiffness

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smaller drifts

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9
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columns of different height

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  • same hc = same yield curvature
  • taller column = larger yield displacement
  • shortest column = highest local ductility demand
  • shortest column sets structural ductility factor
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10
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columns of different depths

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  • smaller columns = higher yield curvature and therefore displacement
  • column with largest depth = greatest local ductility demand
  • deepest column sets structural ductility factor
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11
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estimation of effective flange width

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  • width of wall flanges in tension or compression is reduced because of the effects of shear lag
  • based on the number of rebars put into strain
  • moment applied - web in shear - transferred into C/T in flanges
  • as moment increases and so too the associated tension in the flange, the section of flange resisting increases
  • for nominal bending tension flange: hw + bw (26.6 degrees or 1:2)
  • reduced width in compression flange after loaded in tension - less contact further away from web
  • can’t close cracks unless very high axial load
  • compression: 0.3hw + bw
  • for overstrength this is conservative, so consider 45 degrees for tension
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12
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coupling effect

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typically provides 40-60% of overturning capacity

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13
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two types of coupling beams

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  • conventionally reinforced

- diagonally reinforced cage

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14
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advantage of diagonally reinforced cage

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concrete not needed outside of diagonals -

can put service ducts there

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15
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basketing

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to keep wedges of concrete formed in diagonal cage from falling out

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16
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simplifying assumption for wall design

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  • assume all steel yielding in tension or compression

- percentage difference less than 1%

17
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ultimate curvature

18
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flexural overstrength factor

19
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maximum credible earthquake

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  • structures are designed for the DBE but should be capable of resisting a larger earthquake
  • NZ standards may design a maximum credible earthquake (MCE) in the future
  • for now MCE taken as 2.0 x ULS actions
  • not OK to fail after ULS
20
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Comments on Singly Reinforced Walls

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  • should be avoided
  • 150mm thick walls are TOO THIN
    • cant get reinforcement in
    • anti-buckling reinforcement should also be provided over central region for yielding walls
21
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Thin walls with Drossbach

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  • need to have transfer stirrups like columns
  • properly detailed end of wall that look like mini-columns
  • anchor floor starters and other embedments properly
  • anchor horizontal bars in boundary elements
22
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Comments on Precast Panel Slices

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  • walls roughened to min of 5 mm to prevent slipping/sliding
  • failure of lap splices observed where drossbach ducts were not confined
  • drossbach ducts cause stress concentrations at panel joints
  • Drossbach ducts should be fully confined by stirrups
    • clamp bars to drossbach and ensure bond maintained
  • panel splices must allow for de-bonding of reinforcement
23
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Comments on concrete strength

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  • higher than in lab testing
  • code equations based on lab testing (different behaviour to concrete in buildings)
  • min. reinforcement requirements may be insufficient
  • min steel is to ensure fan cracking: bar yields and elongates
  • if real life concrete&raquo_space;> stronger than lab testing : no fan cracking
  • case studies showed failure of bars in walls and inelastic capacity of bars exhausted
24
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order of most likely strained elements

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  • walls
  • beams
  • columns
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Comments on distribution of reinforcement
- large cracks where insufficient reinforcing to form fan crack pattern - results in high strain demands on reinforcing - walls with even distribution of steel develop extremely high strain demands on the bars at the extreme fibres - can lead to significant strain hardening or fracture of the bars under 'elastic' loads RECOMMEND: - lump reinforcing steel at the ends of the walls and distribute minimum steel through the central portion
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effect of neutral axis on ductility
longer neutral axis = significantly less ductility
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reason for boundary elements
- ductile walls tend to buckle | - boundary elements (flanges) provide adequate flexural rigidity at end of wall section
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lapping in PPHZ
must stagger laps - ensure fan cracking still occurs and not horizontal crack at lap - no more than 1/3 steel lapped at same levels
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effect of size of penetrations in wall
- smaller penetration = greater shear capacity between walls - therefore larger tension/compression forces in wall - therefore higher overturning capacity
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three failure modes for walls
flexure, shear, sliding - avoid sliding by roughening cold joints to 5 mm - likely combined flexural shear failure
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Effect of penetration size on coupled walls
- larger penetrations means less depth in coupling beam and therefore reduced shear capacity - less load transferred into axial loads in walls - reduces coupling effect - also need to be careful of zipper effect
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Diagonally reinforced cages
- cages designed as mini-columns, with 6db stirrups - need to extend 1.5 Ld into wall to anchor - basketing extending 100-150 mm into walls to prevent diagonal wedges of concrete falling out - advantage of services placement
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Boundary Elements
- ends of walls: 0.15 lw - designed like columns - more steel required in BE (0.5 sqrt(f'c) / fy ) than in middle of wall (0.25 sqrt(f'c) / fy ) - more steel in BE to ensure multiple cracks form - cracking steel runs full height of wall to prevent big horizontal crack forming at top and allow for higher modes - can use enlarged boundary elements (flanges) to provide flexural rigidity to ductile walls - steel lumped in ends of walls - lapping staggered
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Shear Requirements
- horizontal rebar fully anchored at ends of walls - vertical spacing <= lw/5, 3t, or 450 mm - horizontal spacing <= lw/3, 3t or 450 mm - limit nominal shear stress to prevent diagonal compression failure in potential plastic hinge region <= (0.2f'c or 8MPa)
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Antibuckling
- common issue observed in Canterbury earthquakes was localised failure of reinforcing bars - need cross ties to hold stirrups and rebars in to prevent buckling, cover spalling and contain concrete core
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double the strength halve the ductility - fallacy
- traditional view based on force-based approach which uses equal displacement rule - suggests that by doubling the strength through using more rebars, the ductility would half - in reality, changing the number of bars has no impact on the yield displacement - the stiffness of the section increases, but the ductility remains the same - only things that affect ductility: yield strain of steel and length of wall