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Spandrel
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reinforcement
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Within
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seismic
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spandrels,
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longitudinal
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and
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diagonal
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reinforcement
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are
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resolved
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independently.
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Formulation
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is
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described
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as
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follows:
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- Longitudinal
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- reinforcement
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- is
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- based
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- on
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- the
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- flexural
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- stresses
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- that
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- are
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- resolved
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- according
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- to
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- conventional
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- beam
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- conditions.
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- These
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- values
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- are
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- dependent
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- upon
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- section
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- dimensions
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- and
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- moment
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- demands.
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- Diagonal
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- reinforcement
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- is
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- determined
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- through
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- shear
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- calculation,
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- and
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- reported
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- in
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- addition
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- to
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- orthogonal
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- shear
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- reinforcement
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- only
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- when
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- spandrel
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- length/depth
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- is
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- less
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- than
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- 4.0,
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- as
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- required
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- by
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- code.
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- Spandrels
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- with
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- small
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- legth/depth
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- ratio
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- are
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- typically
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- governed
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- by
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- shear
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- demand,
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- rather
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- than
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- flexural.
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- Additional
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- information
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- on
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- spandrel
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- shear
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- design
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- is
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- available
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- through
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- Help
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- Documentation
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- >
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- Shear
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- wall
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- design.
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