Effect of Preliminary Selection of RC Shear Walls’ Ductility Level on Material Quantities

International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Table 2 Details of the designed shear walls for the 32 studied cases.

City	No. of stories	5			10			15			20
City	Ductility level	Conv.	Mod. Duct.	Duct.	Conv.	Mod. Duct.	Duct.	Conv.	Mod. Duct.	Duct.	Conv.	Mod. Duct.	Duct.
Toronto	V_r/V_f	1.73	1.61	3.42	1.75	2.65	3.33	2.36	2.14	3.03	3.47	3.22	3.22
	M_r/M_f	0.95	1.06	1.34	1.05	1.15	1.30	1.10	1.06	1.18	1.02	1.06	1.20
	Δ_f R_d R_o (mm)	41	86	81	85	95	101	100	103	109	70	85	105
	θ_id	N.R.	0.003	0.004	N.R	0.003	0.004	N.R.	0.004	0.005	N.R.	0.003	0.004
	θ_ic	N.R.	0.006	0.005	N.R	0.005	0.007	N.R.	0.005	0.006	N.R.	0.005	0.005
Montreal	V_r/V_f	1.05	1.46	3.33	1.06	1.58	3.83	Not permitted	1.37	3.28	Not permitted	2.30	3.17
	M_r/M_f	1.03	1.08	2.40	0.98	1.64	1.85		1.22	1.40		1.22	1.22
	Δ_f R_d R_o (mm)	30	44	53	78	96	104		210	225		224	254
	θ_id	N.R.	0.003	0.004	N.R.	0.003	0.004		0.003	0.004		0.003	0.004
	θ_ic	N.R.	0.011	0.011	N.R.	0.006	0.007		0.005	0.005		0.005	0.005
Vancouver	V_r/V_f	1.00	1.00	2.12	1.00	1.01	2.12	Not permitted	1.00	2.28	Not permitted	1.17	2.88
	M_r/M_f	1.00	0.98	1.32	0.95	0.96	1.33		1.05	1.87		1.02	1.64
	Δ_f R_d R_o (mm)	46	50	68	152	201	227		308	336		479	510
	θ_id	N.R.	0.003	0.004	N.R.	0.004	0.006		0.004	0.005		0.004	0.005
	θ_ic	N.R.	0.01	0.014	N.R.	0.007	0.009		0.006	0.007		0.006	0.006