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12-31-2006, 10:47 AM #1Litte Fish in a Big Pond
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Shear walls are meant to resist a given force, so nailing, holddowns and sheathing and thickness can vary in each and every connection / location.
So my question is How much force are you trying to resist?
If you don't know and do not know how to calculate it, then how can you assign value to it?
Like richard said "It is and would be better left to a structural engineer!
I have a Shear table that I use that was design by my structural engineer. He locates the shear walls (redlines) on my drawings and references back to the schedule. In that schedule it calls out the force /energy it is designed to resist in foot pounds.
This schedule has about 30-40 different types of shear walls type (exterior, interior, with and without holddowns, sheathing type (plywood, OSB, Gyp. Board, etc.), fastener type (nails, screws etc.) and spacing.Last edited by m dalton; 12-31-2006 at 12:44 PM.
Michael L. Dalton
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01-01-2007, 01:11 PM #2Registered User Promoted
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Shearwall
Maybe there is confusion between shear walls and braced wall panels? Around here if it’s called a shearwall is MUST be done so by an engineer. Under conventional construction we can use “braced wall panels, but not “shearwalls” although they are pretty much the same thing.
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01-02-2007, 09:13 PM #3
I came across this very informative document on the Fairfax county Permit Dept website. It is for designs up to 90 MPH winds in 3 second gusts.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/p...nd_bracing.pdf
LewLew Buttery
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01-08-2007, 11:14 AM #4Chief User Since Ver. 4
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Go to:
www.apawood.org
Download pdf E30WALL. This a full nailing schedule for shear walls.
Kenneth M. Lynch, AIBD,CBO
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01-08-2007, 11:46 AM #5
Thanks Ken
LewLew Buttery
Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"
Lockport, NY
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lbuttery at castlegoldendesign.com
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