Shear wall is a wall that is primarily designed to resist lateral forces in its own plane. Buildings with cast-in-situ reinforced concrete shear walls are widespread in many earthquake-prone countries and regions. This type of construction has been practiced since the 1960s in urban regions for medium- to high-rise buildings (4 to 35 stories high). Use of shear wall gives a structurally efficient solution to stiffen a building. The main function of shear wall is to increase the rigidity for lateral load resistance in the tall buildings. Shear walls are commonly used as a vertical structural...

Shear wall is a vertical element used to resist lateral forces such as wind and seismic forces act on a building structure. It works as a vertical cantilever beam supported at the ground carrying vertical load together with columns. They are mainly used in tall buildings.There are primarily two arrangements: one is located at the building's edges and can be either planar or flanged in shape. The other is installed inside the structure as core walls or channelsections. These walls are typically located at the centre of high-rise structures, in the form of a core wall system, to accommodate...