Diaphragms With Vertical Offsets - The Analysis of Irregular Shaped Structures - page 251

F i g u r e 7.18 Determination of clerestory wall rotation delection.

h ∆

∆=
rot

v

b

∑ wall

SW

∆=∆+∆

rot

Figure 7.18 also shows the displaced shape of the wall and its support beam. When
multiple walls, multiple loading conditions, and/or wall placement complicates the
analysis, a more direct method of determining the rotation deflection would be to perform