Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to present criteria and example problems of the current state of practice of G],+?E_,
seismic design of wood and reinforced masonry buildings. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the TRz~rW
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provisions of either the Uniform Building Code (UBC), Building Officials and Code Administrators ezTu1-m
(BOCA), or Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), or international code council, Wm:3_C +j
international building code (IBC). For consistency of presentation the primary reference, including notations s#w+^Mw$
and definitions, will be to the UBC 97. Included within the presentation on diaphragms are criteria and ]i*q*]x2u
example problems for both rigid and flexible diaphragms. Also included is the UBC 97 criteria for the )hk=wu6
analytical definition of rigid versus flexible diaphragms. Wood shear walls and the distribution of lateral wo2^,Y2z+
forces to a series of wood shear walls is presented using Allowable Stress Design (ASD). Masonry slender ^vm[`M
walls (out-of-plane loads) and masonry shear walls (in-plane loads) are presented using Load and Resistance Ff>Y<7CQ
v
Factor Design (LRFD).