Shear Wall Summary Design with ACI 318-19

Shear Wall Summary Design with ACI 318-19#

Create input dataframe without rebar

When the rebar columns (dbh, sh, dbv, sv) are set to zero, design() will automatically select the reinforcement.



from mento import MPa
from mento import ShearWallSummary, Concrete_ACI_318_19, SteelBar
import pandas as pd

conc = Concrete_ACI_318_19(name="H25", f_c=25 * MPa)
steel = SteelBar(name="ADN 420", f_y=420 * MPa)

data = {
    "Level": [
        "",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 2",
        "Level 2",
        "Level 2",
        "Level 2",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
        "Level 1",
    ],
    "Label": ["", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M1", "M2", "M2", "M2", "M2"],
    "Comb.": [
        "",
        "ELU 1",
        "ELU 2",
        "ELU 3",
        "ELU 4",
        "ELU 1",
        "ELU 2",
        "ELU 3",
        "ELU 4",
        "ELU 1",
        "ELU 2",
        "ELU 3",
        "ELU 4",
    ],
    "t": ["cm", 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20],
    "lw": ["m", 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0],
    "hw": ["m", 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0],
    "cc": ["mm", 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25],
    "Nx": ["kN", 0, 0, 0, -301, -150, 55.5, 282, -4.5, -240, -163, -17, 332],
    "Vz": ["kN", 264, 138, 123, 152, 32.3, 163, 19, 88.15, 61.2, 29, 47, 21],
    "My": ["kNm", -172, -90, -81, -234, 143, -278, 159, -97, -38, 60, -39, 46.13],
    "dbh": ["mm", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    "sh": ["cm", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    "dbv": ["mm", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    "sv": ["cm", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
}
input_df = pd.DataFrame(data)

wall_summary = ShearWallSummary(concrete=conc, steel_bar=steel, wall_list=input_df)

Design reinforcement for all walls



wall_summary.design()

✅ Shear wall design completed for all walls in Summary.
Level Label Comb. t lw hw cc Nx Vz My dbh sh dbv sv
0 Level 1 M1 ELU 1 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 0.00 kN 264.00 kN -172.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
1 Level 1 M1 ELU 2 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 0.00 kN 138.00 kN -90.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
2 Level 1 M1 ELU 3 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 0.00 kN 123.00 kN -81.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
3 Level 1 M1 ELU 4 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -301.00 kN 152.00 kN -234.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
4 Level 2 M1 ELU 1 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -150.00 kN 32.30 kN 143.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
5 Level 2 M1 ELU 2 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 55.50 kN 163.00 kN -278.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
6 Level 2 M1 ELU 3 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 282.00 kN 19.00 kN 159.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
7 Level 2 M1 ELU 4 20.00 cm 3.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -4.50 kN 88.15 kN -97.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
8 Level 1 M2 ELU 1 20.00 cm 2.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -240.00 kN 61.20 kN -38.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
9 Level 1 M2 ELU 2 20.00 cm 2.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -163.00 kN 29.00 kN 60.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
10 Level 1 M2 ELU 3 20.00 cm 2.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm -17.00 kN 47.00 kN -39.00 kN·m 10 30 10 30
11 Level 1 M2 ELU 4 20.00 cm 2.00 m 3.00 m 25.00 mm 332.00 kN 21.00 kN 46.13 kN·m 10 30 10 30

Check walls after design



wall_summary.check()
Level Label t lw hw Horiz. Vert. ρt ρl Vu,max ØVn DCR Status
0 cm m m kN kN
1 Level 1 M1 20 3.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 264.0 1057.3 0.25 ✅
2 Level 2 M1 20 3.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 163.0 1057.3 0.154 ✅
3 Level 1 M2 20 2.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 61.2 704.9 0.087 ✅

Export designed rebar to Excel



wall_summary.export_design("Shear_wall_design.xlsx")

✅ Shear wall design exported to Shear_wall_design.xlsx

Import edited design from Excel and re-check



wall_summary.import_design("Shear_wall_design.xlsx")
wall_summary.check()

✅ Shear wall design imported and summary data updated.
Level Label t lw hw Horiz. Vert. ρt ρl Vu,max ØVn DCR Status
0 cm m m kN kN
1 Level 1 M1 20 3.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 264.0 1057.3 0.25 ✅
2 Level 2 M1 20 3.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 163.0 1057.3 0.154 ✅
3 Level 1 M2 20 2.0 3.0 Ø10/30 Ø10/30 0.00262 0.00262 61.2 704.9 0.087 ✅

View detailed shear results



wall_summary.shear_results()
Label Comb. ρt,min ρt,req ρt ρl,min ρl Vu ØVc ØVs ØVn ØVn,max Vu≤ØVn,max Vu≤ØVn DCR
0 kN kN kN kN kN
1 M1 ELU 1 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 264.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.25
2 M1 ELU 2 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 138.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.131
3 M1 ELU 3 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 123.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.116
4 M1 ELU 4 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 152.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.144
5 M1 ELU 1 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 32.3 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.031
6 M1 ELU 2 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 163.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.154
7 M1 ELU 3 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 19.0 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.018
8 M1 ELU 4 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 88.15 562.5 494.8 1057.3 1485.0 True True 0.083
9 M2 ELU 1 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 61.2 375.0 329.87 704.87 990.0 True True 0.087
10 M2 ELU 2 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 29.0 375.0 329.87 704.87 990.0 True True 0.041
11 M2 ELU 3 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 47.0 375.0 329.87 704.87 990.0 True True 0.067
12 M2 ELU 4 0.0025 0.0025 0.00262 0.0025 0.00262 21.0 375.0 329.87 704.87 990.0 True True 0.03

Export detailed results to Word



wall_summary.results_detailed_doc(index=1)

✅ Results exported to Shear_Wall_Summary_ACI 318-19.docx