Wood Shearwalls in Canada
Wood Shearwalls in Canada
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We are designing wood shear walls in British Columbia, Canada for a residential home. The building codes in B.C. require that lateral design be completed given the high seismic zone. My colleague has obtained his minimum lateral earthquake force, V using V = S(Ta)MvIeW/(RdRo) and has designed the diaphragm and shear walls using this load. We are now designing the holdowns for the shearwalls. Do we need to design the holdowns to resist V x RdRo, or just the same minimum lateral earthquake force used to do to the diaphragm and shearwalls?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
gmf
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
gmf





RE: Wood Shearwalls in Canada
They must be independent - the holdowns can't carry shear.