Horizontally Offset Shear Walls - The Analysis of Irregular Shaped Structures - page 441

F i g u r e 12.2 Discussion of case 2.
resistance. The first-floor shear wall, SW5, at grid line 3 supports only the second-floor
diaphragm and does not continue up to the roof. Shear wall SW1 at the second floor is
vertically discontinuous to the first floor and has an in-plane offset from SW3 at the first
floor. The roof diaphragm spans from the offset walls at grid lines 1 and 2 to the shear
walls at grid line 4. The roof and floor joists are oriented perpendicular to the shear