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    This document discusses the design of a concrete diaphragm. It outlines how to calculate the lateral loads acting on the diaphragm from seismic or wind forces. It then describes how to calculate the straining actions like bending moments and shear forces in the diaphragm. Finally, it discusses designing the chord reinforcement to resist bending and shear, as well as designing collectors to transmit forces from the diaphragm to the shear walls.

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    This document discusses the design of a concrete diaphragm. It outlines how to calculate the lateral loads acting on the diaphragm from seismic or wind forces. It then describes how to calculate the straining actions like bending moments and shear forces in the diaphragm. Finally, it discusses designing the chord reinforcement to resist bending and shear, as well as designing collectors to transmit forces from the diaphragm to the shear walls.

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    This document discusses the design of a concrete diaphragm. It outlines how to calculate the lateral loads acting on the diaphragm from seismic or wind forces. It then describes how to calculate the straining actions like bending moments and shear forces in the diaphragm. Finally, it discusses designing the chord reinforcement to resist bending and shear, as well as designing collectors to transmit forces from the diaphragm to the shear walls.

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    Diaphragm Design

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    This document discusses the design of a concrete diaphragm. It outlines how to calculate the lateral loads acting on the diaphragm from seismic or wind forces. It then describes how to calculate the straining actions like bending moments and shear forces in the diaphragm. Finally, it discusses designing the chord reinforcement to resist bending and shear, as well as designing collectors to transmit forces from the diaphragm to the shear walls.

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    Diaphragm Design

    1-Loads:
    Lateral loadings from seismic (excited inertia mass) or wind loads are the loading acting on the
    center of mass of the diaphragm, excluding the self-weight of the shear walls from the mass
    source as it is directly taken by the shear wall and not imposed on the slab diaphragm.

    Froof

    F3rd

    F2nd

    F1st

    The largest diaphragm force (critical diaphragm) is expected to be on the last floor if the forces
    follow the inverted triangle pattern.
    Assuming the below plan with diaphragm load in y-direction of 720 kN, then distributed load in
    y-direction is 720/60m = 12 kN/m

    60m

    25m
    COM

    Fy=720 kN

    Support representing
    Support representing 1 wall (less rigid)
    2 walls (more rigid),
    hence expecting to
    attract more force
    wdia.=12 kN/m
    Assuming the supports as rigid is for simplification only, relative
    stiffness between supporting springs will yield different reactions.
    2-Calculate straining actions:
    M1=450 kN.m

    M3=120 kN.m
    M2=150 kN.m

    Q2=60 kN
    Q1=25 kN

    Q1=25 kN Q3=40 kN
    Q2=25 kN

    2-Design Diaphragm:
    A-Chords:
    i- Flexure check: Chords are designed for overstrength bending (Ω=1.5 for conventional
    shear walls in NBCC and 2.5 in ASCE) and the chord reinforcement will be calculated from the
    tension force of in-plane moment.
    Tchord= ΩM/jd = 1.5*450kN.m/ 0.9*25m = 30kN
    As per CSA and ACI the minimum chord force to be used is 60kN > 30kN, therefore use
    minimum tension force.
    As = Tchord / Ø*fy = 60000/0.85*400 = 175mm2

    Chord reinforcement of diaphragm

    Tchord

    Neutral Axis
    ii-Shear check:
    v n=A Cv ( 0.17 λ √ f 'C + ρt f y ) ACI-14 18.12.9.1

    Acv = tslab*L
    Note: tslab = topping slab only in non composite
    topping in precast slabs as per ACI 18.12.9.1

    Neglecting the reinforcement in both directions (i.e., slab mesh reinforcement is designed for
    gravity and shrinkage loads only), then shear strength Vn will be 0.17Acv√ f 'C ≥ ΩQ

    B-Collectors:
    Collectors are responsible to transmit the slab mass inertia forces safely from the
    diaphragm to the shear walls. Subsequently, collectors are designed under tension drag forces
    and compression struts. These forces are the difference in shear force in the shear wall
    between the above and below investigated floor (again without the shear wall mass
    contribution). This force is also the reaction of the spring or hinge support in the simplified
    beam model of the diaphragm. This force Tcollector must be overstrength as per NBCC and ASCE.
    Shear-friction reinforcement dowels (shown below) is required adjacent to the long face of the
    wall. The shear force Vconnection can be considered equal to one-third of the collector force T collector
    (approximately). For the exact value, Vconnection zone A = q*tslab*(L2+L4) + Ω*q*tslab*(L1+L3+L5),
    where q = Tcollector zone A / (tslab*L), for more information see NIST GCR 16-917-42 (Seismic Design of
    Cast-in-Place Concrete Diaphragms, Chords, and Collectors)
    Zone A

    L1

    L2

    L
    L3

    L4

    L5

    References:
    1- “Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Diaphragms, Chords, and Collectors” NEHRP
    Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 3. (2016).
    2- “Building code requirements for structural concrete” ACI 318-14, American Concrete
    Institute, Farmington Hills, MI. (2014).

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