Dears I argued with a senior Engineer about the punching shear check for shear wall; As far as I know : 1. The shear wall will attract high moments. 2. Also in the case of design itself, the controlling case from a combination that contains Earthquake will be the tension axial force not the compression (Please Verify or disagree!!!) 3. If I want to check punching for this shear wall I will take the moment at the Top of the shear wall (pier) which will be very high and I will take the axial forc