Purpose of Shear Walls

Shear walls are mainly used

  1. To resist lateral loads of earthquake and wind.
  2. To resist gravity or vertical loads due to its self-weight and other living or moving loads.
  3. To resist shear as well as uplift forces on building.
  4. To enhance the strength and stability of a structure.
  5. To provide adequate stiffness to the structure.

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