Lateral Analysis - Attic Trusses
Lateral Analysis - Attic Trusses
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I am designing a simple shop (30x50) that will incorporate a second floor into the attic trusses. At 30'x50', this building requires engineering, but I am unsure how to treat the roof diaphragm shear transfer from the roof ply to plate level. Floor ply applied to the bottom chords of the trusses obviously does not extend to the plates due to web members of the trusses. I have been told that the load path from the second floor ply travels through the vertical members of the trusses (floor ply to bottom chord to vertical member) to the roof plywood and back down to plate level. This doesn't seem very realistic.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?





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Good Luck!
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If so this would help to raise the ceiling in the room.