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FIGURE 3-4
HORIZONTAL LOADS MUST BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE SUBSYSTEM SLICE
TO THE NEXT BY SHEAR RESISTANCE BETWEEN SLICES.
(a
)
LOAD
CONCENTRAT
ED
AT TOP
~_~~2~
SHEAR RESISrANCE
FROM SLICE? BELOW
LOA.
D
SHEAR RESISTANCE
FROM SLICE~ BELOW
SHEAR
RESISrANGE
FROtI
SLICE~BELQw
SHEAR
(V)FRON1
~SUCE ABOVE
AVERAGE
SHEAR STRESS:
AVERAGE
SHEAR STRESS
t~ .tLJh./
-AVERPeZ
SHEAR
STRESS; + ~7
-
A
-CE
other hand, Figure 3-4b illustrates that if the total horizontal load (H) were to
be distributed evenly along the height of a building (w = H/h), the shear at any point
(hi) would accumulate from zero at the top to (V1 = wh~). The shear diagram would
be triangular with the maximum (V= H) at the foundation and (~) will vary with slice
location.
Distributed loads can arise from the surface of a building because it offers
resistance to wind. Thus, for symmetric elevations, a wind load is often
On the
FIGURE 3-6
PRIMITIVE MEANS Of TRANSFERRING SHEAR
RESISTANCE BETWEEN SUBSYSTEM BLOCKS.
FRICTION
H H
KEYING
H H
4-
FIGURE 3-8
SHEAR
(H ~
LOAD
_I
(b)
-M
-M
C-T FORCES.
DEIERMIMAJICtJ Of OVERTURN RESISTING FORCES roRsucC
AT h~:
-,
o.tT
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