Allowable-Stress Interaction Diagram by Spreadsheet

CMU Masonry Shear Wall

f'm=1900 psi, 7'-4" ft long, 8 in. thick, #6 bars @16"'
350

Allowable P, kips

300
250
200
150
100
50
0
0

50

100

150

200

250

Allowable M, ft-kips

300

350

400

450

Spreadsheet for calculating allowable-stress moment-axial force interaction diagram for shear wall
depth
f'm
Em
Fb
Es
Fs
d
kbalanced
width

88
1.9
1710
0.855
29000
32
84
0.311828
7.625

total wall length

masonry compressive strength
masonry elastic modulus (900*f'm for CMU, 700*f'm for clay)
steel elastic modulus
allowable steel stress
depth to furtherest tension bar
masonry width (actual width)

steel layers are counted from the extreme compression fiber to the extreme tension fiber
distances are measured from the extreme compression fiber
reinforcement is assumed to be placed in the end cells, and at 16-in intervals in the interior
compression in masonry and reinforcement is taken as positive
stress in compressive reinforcement is set to zero, because the reinforcement is not laterally supported
Row of Reinforcement
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

pure axial load

Points controlled by masonry

Points controlled by steel

distance
4.00
20.00
36.00
52.00
68.00
84.00
0.00

Area
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.00

kd

1.12
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.311828
0.311828
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.01

94.08
92.40
84.00
75.60
67.20
58.80
50.40
42.00
33.60
26.19
26.19
25.20
16.80
8.40
0.84

set distance and area to zero if no bar exists

fb
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.86
0.81
0.47
0.21
0.02

Cmas
307
301
274
246
219
192
164
137
110
85
85
78
30
7
0

fs(1)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.22

fs(2)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.52
-4.91
-7.37

fs(3)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.04
-5.43
-5.43
-5.88
-9.14
-11.68
-13.53

fs(4)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.46
-3.45
-7.94
-14.29
-14.29
-14.59
-16.76
-18.46
-19.69

fs(5)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.17
-2.27
-5.06
-8.98
-14.85
-23.14
-23.14
-23.29
-24.38
-25.23
-25.84

fs(6)
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.61
-3.63
-6.21
-9.67
-14.50
-21.75
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00

fs(7)
0.00
0.00
0.00
-1.61
-3.63
-6.21
-9.67
-14.50
-21.75
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
-32.00
0.00

Moment Axial Force

0
317
323
307
331
301
365
274
388
246
400
217
401
188
391
158
372
125
346
89
321
52
321
52
300
44
166
-7
90
-34
63
-44