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STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
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5.53.2 Shear Wall Design Initiation
General format:
STA
RT SHEARWALL DESIGN
CODE a
parameters
DES
IGN SHEARWALL (AT c) LIST s
CRE
INF cr
TRA
CK tr
END
SHEARWALL DESIGN
where:
a - code name – ACI (for ACI 318), BRITISH
(for BS 8110)
parameters - these are listed in a tabular form in section
3.8.2 of this manual for the ACI code, and
in the International Codes manual for BS
8110.
cr - column reinforcing parameter,
tr - output parameter.
(see below for description)
Reinforcement distribution within COLUMN panels is
controlled by parameter CREINF, that may have one of three
possible values:
0 - equal number of bars on all four faces of the
column (default),
1 - equal number of bars on two faces
perpendicular to the plane of the wall,
2 - equal number of bars on two faces parallel to
the plane of the wall.