What is a Shear Wall?

Classification of Shear Walls:

1. Column Supported Shear walls.

2. Core Type Shear Walls.

3. Rigid Frame Shear Walls.

4. Framed Walls with Infilled Frames.

5. Simple Rectangular Types and Flanged Walls.

6. Coupled Shear Walls.

7. Cantilever Shear Wall

Types of Shear Wall:

1. Concrete Shear Wall
2. Steel Plate Shear Wall
3. Plywood Shear Wall
4. RHCBM (RC Hollow Concrete Wall Masonry.)

Functions of Shear Wall:

• Strength to a building :
• Stiffness to a building :

1. Strength to a building 

2. Stiffness to a building 

Purpose of Shear Wall:

1. The verticle or gravity loads on the structure.
2. The counter shear and uplift forces.
3. The lateral loads of earthquakes and wind.
4. To make the structure more stable.

Advantages of Shear Wall

1. These walls provide more strength, stability, and stiffness to a building.
2. Reduce lateral sway of a building.
3. Easy to construct and easily implemented at the site.
4. Thinner walls, hence lightweight.
5. Effective in minimizing earthquake damage in structural and non-structural elements.

Disadvantages of Shear Wall

1. Shear walls are difficult to construct.
2. They have a flimsy appearance.
3. Also, loud banging sounds associated with the buckling of web plates.
4. It has low stiffness and energy dissipation capacity.
5. Also, requires large moment connections.

• Fast construction time.
• Significantly reduces lateral sway.
• The shear wall is very Ligh-weight.
• Shear wall one type of thinner walls.
• Easy construction and implementation.
• Enough well-distributed reinforcements.
• Shear wall Cost-effectiveness respect of earthquake.
• Minimized damages to structural and Nonstructural elements.
• Provide large strength and stiffness in the direction of orientation.
• Efficient in terms of construction cost and effectiveness in minimizing earthquake damage.
• Shear walls are generally used in high-rise buildings subject to lateral wind and seismic forces.
• For slender walls where the bending deformation is more, the Shear wall resists the loads due to Cantilever Action.

Important Point Shera Wall

• Ratio of breadth/width > 0.4
• Finished corners are possible.
• Clear surface without any offset is possible.
• Normally less consumption of bricks/blocks.
• Shear walls run along the full length of walls.
• The lateral load is resisted by shear deformation.
• The shear wall system is more efficient for high rise structures.
• Shear wall cross-section is like a vertically oriented wide beam.
• More carpet area is available as compared to the column beam system.
• Shear wall is hugely resistant to earthquakes as compared to Column.
• Shear wall minimum width should be 150 mm as per Indian Standard.
• Provision of openings in the shear wall system is tedious and needs special design skills.
• Normally consumption of concrete is more when compared to the beam-column system.
• Needs advanced skills for its placement because if not kept at the proper location, it may lead to adverse effects.

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Advantages of Shear Wall

• These walls provide large strength and stiffness in the direction of orientation.
• Considerably reduces the lateral sway.
• They are easy in construction and implementation.
• It is efficient in terms of construction cost and effectiveness in minimizing earthquake damage.

Types of Shear Walls

• Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall.
• Concrete Block Shear Wall.
• Steel Shear Wall.
• Plywood Shear Wall.
• Mid-Ply Shear Wall.

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