×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

(OP)
I am familiar with the perforated shear wall requirements of the IBC and IRC but I am wondering if there is any mention in the UBC97? I am looking and have yet to find it. Any help...

Thankx

RE: UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

Reviewing the 1997 UBC, my understanding is that Perforated Shear Walls are not addressed by the code.  The reason may be that the PSW method was not developed until after the 97 UBC was completed.

I am checking with one of my APA contacts to find out the historical background of the development of PSW.  

RE: UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

If you have access to it, the SEAOC Siesmic Design Manual, Volume 2 has a good example of a perforated shear wall, design example 1, section 9.

RE: UBC97- Perforated Shearwall

According to Karyn Beebe from APA-EWS "The perforated shear wall method was developed in Japan based on testing in 1994".  She indicated after further testing in the US it was included in the 2000 IBC.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources