Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to present criteria and example problems of the current state of practice of tlxjs]{0E
seismic design of wood and reinforced masonry buildings. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the !J?=nSu
provisions of either the Uniform Building Code (UBC), Building Officials and Code Administrators ]}Hv,a
(BOCA), or Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), or international code council, ^d$e^cU
international building code (IBC). For consistency of presentation the primary reference, including notations U
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and definitions, will be to the UBC 97. Included within the presentation on diaphragms are criteria and ?}Ptb&Vk(
example problems for both rigid and flexible diaphragms. Also included is the UBC 97 criteria for the o?hw2-mH
analytical definition of rigid versus flexible diaphragms. Wood shear walls and the distribution of lateral VKfHN_m*
forces to a series of wood shear walls is presented using Allowable Stress Design (ASD). Masonry slender /ykxVCvAt
walls (out-of-plane loads) and masonry shear walls (in-plane loads) are presented using Load and Resistance A)a+LW'=u
Factor Design (LRFD).