advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
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what are the advantages of a ceiling diaphragm or are their alternatives to this for a typical wood building with stud walls and wood trusses.
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advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
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RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
Most of the time the roof and floor sheathing act as the diaphragms. At the walls which are parallel to the trusses, kickers are used to transfer the lateral load to the diaphragm.
DaveAtkins
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
skavuvie, Typically, the roof sheathing is used for the roof diaphragm.
Garth Dreger PE
AZ Phoenix area
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
That's good to know! I have always known they contribute something, and it is conservative to ignore them.
DaveAtkins
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
DaveAtkins
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
Garth Dreger PE
AZ Phoenix area
RE: advantages of ceiling diaphragm?
Although it is now allowed, I will would not use it. I do it other ways. It provides redundancy up to a point, but the allowed values are so low, to me, they are useless.
It's just my preference.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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