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seismic design of wood and reinforced masonry buildings. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the >U* p[FGW kdPm # $-
provisions of either the Uniform Building Code (UBC), Building Officials and Code Administrators ShC$ue?Q ,<r 3Z$G
(BOCA), or Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), or international code council, ep"{{S5g c$:=d4t5$
international building code (IBC). For consistency of presentation the primary reference, including notations 8'@5X-nD .r%|RWs6W
and definitions, will be to the UBC 97. Included within the presentation on diaphragms are criteria and Szt2 "AR Nw&}qSN
example problems for both rigid and flexible diaphragms. Also included is the UBC 97 criteria for the `,SL\\%u :gaeb8`t
analytical definition of rigid versus flexible diaphragms. Wood shear walls and the distribution of lateral iwM x Tty |0R%!v(,
forces to a series of wood shear walls is presented using Allowable Stress Design (ASD). Masonry slender tgG 8pL aq/Y}s?
walls (out-of-plane loads) and masonry shear walls (in-plane loads) are presented using Load and Resistance gk| % 4. ~.`r(
Factor Design (LRFD).