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4.3 Minimum reinforcement Non-Load Bearing Walls

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Non-Load Bearing Walls

14.3 Minimum reinforcement

14.3.1 Minimum vertical and horizontal reinforcement shall be in accordance
with 14.3.2 and 14.3.3 unless a greater amount is required for shear by 11.9.8 and
11.9.9.
14.3.2 Minimum ratio of vertical reinforcement area to gross concrete area, l,
shall be:
(a) 0.0012 for deformed bars not larger than No. 16 with fy not less than
420 MPa; or
(b) 0.0015 for other deformed bars; or
(c) 0.0012 for welded wire reinforcement not larger than MW200 or
MD200.

Minimum ratio of horizontal reinforcement area to gross concrete area,

14.3.3
t, shallbe:
(a) 0.0020 for deformed bars not larger than No. 16 with fy not less than
420 MPa; or
(b) 0.0025 for other deformed bars; or
(c) 0.0020 for welded wire reinforcement not larger
than MW200 or MD200.

14.3.4 Walls more than 250 mm thick, except basement walls, shall have reinforcement
for each direction placed in two layers parallel with faces of wall in accordance with the
following:
(a) One layer consisting of not less than one-half and not more than two-thirds of total
reinforcement required for each direction shall be placed not less than 50 mm nor
more than one-third the thickness of wall from the exterior surface;
(b) The other layer, consisting of the balance of required reinforcement in that direction,
shall be placed not less than 20 mm nor more than one-third the thickness of wall from
the interior surface.

14.3.5 Vertical and horizontal reinforcement shall not be spaced farther apart than three
times the wall thickness, nor farther apart than 450 mm.
14.3.6 Vertical reinforcement need not be enclosed by lateral ties if vertical reinforcement
area is not greater than 0.01 times gross concrete area, or where vertical
reinforcement is not required as compression reinforcement.
14.3.7 In addition to the minimum reinforcement required by 14.3.1, not less than two
No. 16 bars in walls having two layers of reinforcement in both directions and
one No. 16 bar in walls having a single layer of reinforcement in both directions
shall be provided around window, door, and similar sized openings. Such bars
shall be anchored to developfy in tension at the corners of the openings.

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Load-Bearing Concrete Walls

Empirical Design Method

Load-bearing walls with solid rectangular cross sections may be designed as were

Load-bearing walls with solid rectangular cross sections may be designed as were
columns subject to axial load and bending, or they may be designed by an empirical
method given in section 14.5 of the code.
The empirical method can be used only if the resultant of all the factored loads falls
within the middle third of the wall (that is, the eccentricity must be equal to or less
than one-sixth the thickness of the wall).
Whichever of the two methods is used, the design must meet the minimum
requirements given for non-load-bearing walls.

where shall correspond to compression-controlled sections in accordance with 9.3.2.2

In this case = 0.65, and effective length factor k shall be:

For walls braced top and bottom against lateral translation and
(a) Restrained against rotation at one or both ends (top, bottom, or both) ............0.8
(b) Unrestrained against rotation at both ends.....1.0
For walls not braced against lateral translation ....... 2.0
Ag= gross area of wall section (mm2)
Lc= vertical distance between supports (mm)
h = overall thickness of wall (mm)

14.2.4 Unless otherwise demonstrated by an analysis, the horizontal length of

wall considered as effective for each concentrated load shall not exceed
the smaller of the center-to-center distance between loads, and the
bearing width plus four times the wall thickness.

14.5.3 Minimum thickness of walls designed by empirical design method

14.5.3.1 Thickness of bearing walls shall not be less than 1/25 the supported
height or length, whichever is shorter, nor less than 100 mm.
14.5.3.2 Thickness of exterior basement walls and foundation walls shall not be
less than 190 mm.

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