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?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t01\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tApr\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-content article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg meta-post-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.masonryanalysisstructuralsystems.com\/category\/technical\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technical<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-post-title wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.masonryanalysisstructuralsystems.com\/2020\/04\/01\/vfseismic-bonus-post-what-happens-if-you-treat-a-multi-storey-design-as-an-element\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bonus Post: What happens when you treat a Multi-Storey Design as an Element when Increasing Factored in-Plane Shear ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted by<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df81bb8d5cda8b001c6440145f8da7a796a84bd22792093ae0f53231ad001df3?s=18&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df81bb8d5cda8b001c6440145f8da7a796a84bd22792093ae0f53231ad001df3?s=36&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-18 photo' height='18' width='18' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.masonryanalysisstructuralsystems.com\/author\/bcrumb\/\" class=\"author\" rel=\"author\">Brad Crumb<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2020-05-12T15:54:05-04:00\">\n\t\t\tMay 12, 2020\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div tabindex=\"0\" 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Seeing factored shear forces scaled up by over 100% in some cases may see...\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-read-more wd-style-link read-more-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.masonryanalysisstructuralsystems.com\/2020\/04\/01\/checking-vfseismic-for-a-shear-wall-element\/\">Continue reading<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2290\" class=\"wd-post blog-design-default blog-post-loop blog-style-bg wd-add-shadow wd-col post-2290 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-technical tag-ductility tag-earthquake tag-factored-shear tag-seismic-design tag-shear-design tag-shear-walls\">\n\t<div class=\"wd-post-inner article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-thumb entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-post-img post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"274\" 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