The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials,  educators, or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the structural analysis, design, detailing, and constructability of cast-in-place concrete special structural walls and coupling beams. The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so the course was designed to be a guide for the structural engineer.

Learning Objectives

• Definition of special concrete shear walls and coupling beams
• Knowing the use of special structural walls
• Understanding the principles for special structural wall design
• Understanding the building analysis guidance
• Understanding the analysis procedures of walls and coupling beams
• Understanding the design guidance
• Knowing the various issues related to detailing & constructability issues of walls and coupling beams