Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
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I have been reading old treads regarding Force Transfer Around Openings of Wood Shearwalls, but it seems like there were varied interpretations of where the holdowns will be located, whether at the ends every shearwall segments or at the ends overall wall width. I just wonder if there are already some clear explanations or answers regarding this issue now.






RE: Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
RE: Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
Look near the bottom under perforated shearwalls.
This is one method, the other is to ignore the section with the window and treat it as several different shear walls each with their own tie down.
RE: Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening
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This shows a comparison and an example of the three methods. The Segmented, Force Transfer around Opening and Perforated Shearwall.
But on the Force transfer around opening example, the segment adjacent to the door is not used, but this segment was used on the other methods. This make me wonder, if considering I have a wall with 3 small doors in series (not windows) , can I still use force transfer around opening with holdowns at ends of the overall width only?
Or maybe a more straightforward question is whether the Force transfer around opening method having holdowns at the ends only is also applicable to door opening?
RE: Shearwall With Force Transfer Around Opening