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ModelingcrackedsectionpropertiesforshearwallandslabETABSCSI

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Modelingcrackedsectionpropertiesforshearwallandslab
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InETABS,shellorareaelementhastwotypesofstiffnessesi.e.inplanestiffnessrefersasf11,f22andf12andoutofplane
stiffnessrefersasm11,m22andm12.RefertothebelowFigurewhichshowsthedirectionoflocalaxesandtheir
correspondingstiffnesses:

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Forshearwall(bothpiersandspandrels),theflexuralandaxialbehaviorismodifiedbyeitherf11orf22dependingonthe
orientationofthelocalaxisandtheshearbehavioriscontrolledbyf12.Incolumnandcodetermsf11orf22wouldcorrespond
tomodificationsofEIorEAandf12wouldcorrespondtomodificationstoGAshear.ThecoderecommendationsinSection
10.10ofACI318codearerelatedtoslendernesseffectswhereflexuraldeformationsgovernsotheyhaverecommended
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modifyingEI(correspondingtof11orf22forshearwalls).ThereisnorecommendationaboutreducingtheGAshear.You
should,however,notethatsomeofourusersusemodifiersforf12also,wheretheyexpectdeteriorationofshearstiffnessand
wanttoberealisticintheirmodeling.

Theabovediscussionappliesassumingthelocalaxes1and2oftheshearwallareaobjectareeitherverticalorhorizontal.
Thisisunderusercontrol.WhendrawinginETABSthedefaultistohavethe1axishorizontalandthe2axisvertical.This
meansthattheflexuralmodifierforEIshouldbeappliedtof22forwallpiersandtof11forspandrels.Ifyouapplythemodifier
tobothf11andf22ithardlyaffectstheresults.

Forslabswherebendingisalwaysintheoutofplanedirection,modifiersm11,m22andm22arerequiredtomodelcracking
behavior.

Summary
Assumingbeamsandcolumnsaremodeledasframethenthestiffnessmodifiertableisasfollows:

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Beams........................................0.35*IgI22=I33=0.35
Columns....................................0.70*IgI22=I33=0.70
WallsUncracked.................0.70*Igmodeledasshellf11,f22=0.70
WallsCracked......................0.35*IgsimilartoWallsUncracked(withmodifiersof0.35)

NOTE:
Wallsaregenerallynotdesignedforoutofplanebendingtoavoidexcessivelongitudinalreinforcement.Inthiscase,usea
smallmodifiersay0.1form11,m22andm12sonumericalinstabilitiescouldbeavoided.However,usem11,mm2,mm12=
0.70(or0.35)whenconsideringtheoutofplanebendinginwall.

FlatPlates&FlatSlabs....0.25*Igmodeledasmembranef11,f22,f12=0.25/modeledasshellf11,f22,
f12,m11,mm2,mm12=0.25(forbothcasesfxxisnotimportantifrigiddiaphragmisassigned)

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