Shear Walls Archives - MASS User Documentation

19 Apr

Bug Notification: Seismic reinforcement spacings applied to all shear walls resisting an earthquake load

August 11, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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While most seismic requirements are triggered by the application of an earthquake load, MASS is too stringent on it's reinforcement spa...

09 Mar

Bug Notification

Notification: Seismic Shear Forces Amplification Change for Elements Above Critical Section

June 17, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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The storey-by-storey design approach currently in MASS can excessively amplify shear forces beyond expected results In cases...

08 Feb

Bug Notification

Bug Notification: Non-Seismic Lateral Companion Loads Amplified for Seismic Effects

April 19, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Be aware of this for shear wall designs resisting lateral earth pressures In cases where a bug or other issue is found in th...

01 Apr

Technical

Why is the Factored Shear Force Scaled Up for Seismic Considerations on a Shear Wall Design?

April 23, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Explaining these clauses and how they are applied Questions about the seismic effects on shear resistance? Click here for a ...

09 Jan

Technical

Slab Assumptions in Multi-Storey Shear Wall Design

January 9, 2020
Posted by Brad Crumb
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MASS does not design floor slab systems but allows for them to be modeled within Multi-Storey Shear Walls for the software to design th...

13 Nov

Technical

Full Multi-Storey Design Process Diagram for the high achievers out there

November 13, 2019
Posted by Brad Crumb
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Nerd Alert: This isn't need to know information but may be useful for someone out there who is digging into the MASS Multi-Storey Shear...

10 Nov

Software Tips, Technical

What is the Difference Between Fixed and Cantilever Pier Designations in a Shearline?

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb

When designing a Shearline using MASS, the software relies on you to determine how the wall behaves This article originally ...

03 Nov

Software Tips, Technical

How to model individual storeys of a multi-storey shear wall within MASS

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb

In the absence of a true multi-storey MASS module (Update: added in V4.0), there are steps that can be taken to use MASS effectively fo...

11 Nov

Software Tips, Technical, Troubleshooting

Bars spaced at 200mm? Consider fully grouting your walls

January 6, 2021
Posted by Brad Crumb
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MASS might be telling you to place a bar in every cell. Maybe you need that much steel... but what if you don't? This articl...

Conventional Construction Comprehensive Analysis Example

Change Notification: Axial Load Limit for Conventional Construction Walls

MASS Version 4.2 Release Notification

Deflection Check for Out-of-Plane Walls

Change Notification: Lambda Values for Beam Density and Shear

Bug Notification: Drift Values instead of Elastic Deflections used for Inelastic Rotational Demand

Bug Notification: Seismic reinforcement spacings applied to all shear walls resisting an earthquake load

Notification: Seismic Shear Forces Amplification Change for Elements Above Critical Section

Bug Notification: Non-Seismic Lateral Companion Loads Amplified for Seismic Effects

Tag Archives: Shear Walls

Bug Notification: Seismic reinforcement spacings applied to all shear walls resisting an earthquake load

Notification: Seismic Shear Forces Amplification Change for Elements Above Critical Section

Bug Notification: Non-Seismic Lateral Companion Loads Amplified for Seismic Effects

Why is the Factored Shear Force Scaled Up for Seismic Considerations on a Shear Wall Design?

Slab Assumptions in Multi-Storey Shear Wall Design

Full Multi-Storey Design Process Diagram for the high achievers out there

What is the Difference Between Fixed and Cantilever Pier Designations in a Shearline?

How to model individual storeys of a multi-storey shear wall within MASS

Bars spaced at 200mm? Consider fully grouting your walls

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