This video demonstrates the importance of a shear wall.
I wish I could play with lego again, man engineers have it easy!
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The Seismic Response of Mid-Rise Wood-Frame Construction
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- Chad Chilibeck
- My name is Chad Chilibeck, and I am currently a 3rd year Architectural and Engineering Technologies (ARET) student at Thompson Rivers University.
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Hey Chad,
ReplyDeleteInteresting videos! I watched the last one and thought about getting out the Lego myself so I could try and shake the house down with forces in other directions, like from the corner of the platform. Does it work that shear walls have to be used on all sides of a building to compensate for three-dimensional forces? That monster shake table in Japan accounts for all that I think. If you have shapes that are complex, what are the principles of determining the location of shear walls?
Cheers,
Tony B.
Hey Tony, Those are some good points you made. You are right, a shear wall should be located on all sides and floors of a building and evenly space apart. This accounts for the 3d forces you mentioned. Heres the link for some further info.
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Im still looking for some info regarding shear walls in buildings with complex shapes. That will be my next post. I'll try and have it up on the weekend for you to look at.
Neat video. Nice to see Lego put to good use again. Do you have any info on the use of this shear wall in other natural disasters other than earthquakes? such as floods or hurricanes?
ReplyDeleteGood question Bert. Shear walls are used to resist all lateral loads. I know that in Florida and other hurricane prone states that shear walls are specifically designed to resist the lateral loads that are found with wind and flooding. I wont be exploring these natural disasters, just specifically the seismic events.
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