Diaphragm Design Forces

Calculation of diaphragm design forces. Example in Excel of a five story building. Recorded for CE 4650 at Cal State LA.

[@AlexCain-dw8fs]

Thank you for putting this video together. Can you explain the why diaphragm force is different from the story shear we got from the ELF method. It appears the final forces are significantly larger than those story shears. Can you explain?

[@TusharNagananda]

thank you! very clear.

[@faisalm294]

Any example how use this result to design diaphragm like chord,collector?

[@tonatiuhrodrigueznikl7816]

Design of diaphragms and collectors will depend on the specific material and structural type and is outside the scope of the video.

[@mahmoudsamir1685]

Thank you for your effort, if it is possible you upload the sheet excel I will be thankful 🙏

[@tonatiuhrodrigueznikl7816]

Thank you for the suggestion. At the moment, sharing files is beyond the scope of work for this RUclips channel. I'll keep it in mind for the future.