As quoted in ACI 318R-05 Commentary, Section 14.8 is based on the corresponding requirements in 1997 UBC and experimental research presented in the 1982 'Test Report by SCCACI-SEAOSC'. The ACI slender wall procedure, introduced in ACI 318-99, was first adopted by the IBC 2000 and subsequent code editions. Out-of-plane moments within the wall are created by eccentric axial loads, applied lateral loads, lateral self weight loads and moments induced due to the wall weight acting at an eccentricity when it deflects (P-Delta moments). The wall panel is analyzed using strength design procedures.
This program provides analysis of concrete wall panels that stand vertically and have applied vertical and out-of-plane lateral loads.
