Use the Simplified Alternative Procedure in ASCE 7-10 Chapte…
Use the Simplified Alternative Procedure in ASCE 7-10 Chapter 12, Section 12.14 to answer this question. Assume that the building meets the limitations described therein. A two-story building with the following characteristics has a building frame system consisting of steel and concrete composite special shear walls. A certain shear wall in the building is 120 feet long by 24 feet tall and weighs 80 psf. Determine the seismic base shear, V, for the wall.Risk Category IISite Class BSS = 0.50, S1 = 0.20