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POTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIES POTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES 1. CONCRETE SHEAR WALLS Current Codes provide detailed provisions for the seismic design based on flexural performance considerations. Yet tests on shear walls show that even for h w /l w ratios of 3.0, 30% of the shear wall lateral deformation is due to shear deformations. Many shear walls have proportions that result in their performance being controlled by shear, rather than flexural, considerations. For both empirical and performance based design provisions are needed for the detailing walls that are shear controlled.

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POTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIESPOTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES 1. CONCRETE SHEAR WALLSCurrent Codes provide deti!ed provisions "or t#e seis$i% desi&n 'sed on "!e(ur! per"or$n%e %onsidertions. )et tests on s#er *!!s s#o* t#t even "or #*+!* rtios o" ,.-. ,-/ o" t#e s#er *!! !ter! de"or$tion is due to s#er de"or$tions.Mn0 s#er *!!s #ve proportions t#t resu!t in t#eir per"or$n%e 'ein& %ontro!!ed '0 s#er. rt#er t#n "!e(ur!. %onsidertions. For 'ot# e$piri%! nd per"or$n%e 'sed desi&n provisions re needed "or t#e deti!in& *!!s t#t re s#er %ontro!!ed. POTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIESPOTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES 1. ANCHORA2E TO CONCRETET#e %urrent desi&n re3uire$ents "or n%#orin& to %on%rete re $ore %o$p!e( t#n ne%essr0 "or $n0 situtions nd re not *e!! v!idted "or ert#3u4e !odin& situtions. A propos! "or uni"0in& t#e ACI ,15 nd ASCE 6 provisions "or ert#3u4e !odin& is %urrent!0 under %onsidertion *it#in ACI ,15.Ho*ever. $ore *or4 is needed. A distin%tion is *rrnted 'et*een re3uire$ents *#ere t#e !oss o"sin&!e n%#or&e #s si&ni"i%nt stru%tur! i$p!i%tions nd t#t *#ere redundn%0 redu%es t#t stru%tur! si&ni"i%n%e .For seis$i% pp!i%tionsdistin%tion is !so *rrnted 'et*een re3uire$ents "or s$!! n%#ors 7 ,+18t# nd !ess 9 nd t#ose "or n%#ors o" !r&er si:es nd 'et*een n%#ors %rr0in& si&ni"i%nt "or%es nd t#ose %rr0in& no$in! "or%es on!0. POTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIESPOTENTIAL ISSUE TEAM STUDIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES CONCRETE CODIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES ,. TILT;UP CONSTRUCTION AND INTERMEDIATE PRECAST WALLSDesi&n re3uire$ents "or ti!t;up *!! s0ste$s re 'sed pri$ri!0 on dt "or o!der *!! s0ste$s *it# p!0*ood roo"s. Modern ti!t;up %onstru%tion uses ot#er roo"in& s0ste$s nd in seis$i% res *!!s re %onne%ted to "oundtions usin& s0ste$s not envis&ed '0 %urrent %odes. Seis$i% re3uire$ents "or ti!t;up *it# vr0in& SDCs need %!er de!inetion "or