When Shear Resistance is Reduced, Have No Fear! Seeing the masonry component of a shear wall’s shear resistance is a part of everyday life in these uncertain times. There are three scenarios where any increased expected damage resulting from higher ductility will reduce the degree to which the masonry can Read more…
Does changing the analysis method effect the final results? The process shown here is how MASS internally performs the analysis because the design is all done at the element level. If you are interested in how Vf,seismic is determined having only the information for one element available, this page Read more…
Taking seismic effects into account in MASS can be confusing. Seeing factored shear forces scaled up by over 100% in some cases may seem larger than expected. The main post found here outlines the clauses being invoked here where the requirements are broken down into two parts: (a) and (b). Read more…
Explaining these clauses and how they are applied Questions about the seismic effects on shear resistance? Click here for a separate post. This page covers the scaling up of seismic forces applied to the wall. You may have noticed after running a few designs in the newly released MASS Read more…
Taking seismic effects into account in MASS can be confusing. Seeing factored shear forces scaled up by over 100% in some cases may seem larger than expected. The main post found here outlines the clauses being invoked here where the requirements are broken down into two parts: A and B. Read more…