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Shear transfer across a STC rated wall

Shear transfer across a STC rated wall

Shear transfer across a STC rated wall

(OP)
There are double stud with cavity acoustic walls in a multi-unit residential timber framed building we are designing.
Due to lack of bracing walls we need to share the lateral loads between adjacent units.
Is there a recognised method to transfer the shear load across the wall without comprimising the acoustic performance too much?

RE: Shear transfer across a STC rated wall

Not that I know of.  Each half of the double stud wall can take shear from the diaphragm on its side, at the floor levels.  At the roof, you can position a roof truss over one half of the wall or the other half, and get the lateral load into just one side, but I don't know how this can be done at the floor levels.

DaveAtkins

RE: Shear transfer across a STC rated wall

(OP)
Thanks Dave. As you point out shear transfer shouldn't be required.

What I really meant is transferring perpendicular load across the double stud wall at floor diaphragm level, while minimising acoustic bridging.

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