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[BS] A112.2.3 Shear walls without openings

Los Angeles Existing Building Code > A Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings > A112 Analysis and Design > A112.2 Existing unreinforced masonry walls > A112.2.3 Shear walls without openings
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Shear walls without openings shall be analyzed the same as for walls with openings, except that Vr shall be calculated as follows:

(Equation A1-25)

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