Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
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Looking for confirmation:
I'm working with an architect on the design of a CMU masonry wall building with a curved steel roof deck and steel joists. The architect intends to have the steel joists bear on their bottom chord so that he can have clerestory windows along the whole length of the bearing wall from the joist bearing elevation to the roof elevation. I know diagonal bridging/cross-bracing is required near the support location, but this detail is not typically intended to transfer loads from the roof diaphragm to the shear wall, is it? I believe that we'll need to install a collector member above the clerestory windows at the roof deck elevation and remove some sections of the windows in his design (replaced with more reinforced CMU wall) to transfer the lateral loads from the roof diaphragm to the shear wall below the joist's bottom chord bearing elevation. Am I correct? Thank you!
I'm working with an architect on the design of a CMU masonry wall building with a curved steel roof deck and steel joists. The architect intends to have the steel joists bear on their bottom chord so that he can have clerestory windows along the whole length of the bearing wall from the joist bearing elevation to the roof elevation. I know diagonal bridging/cross-bracing is required near the support location, but this detail is not typically intended to transfer loads from the roof diaphragm to the shear wall, is it? I believe that we'll need to install a collector member above the clerestory windows at the roof deck elevation and remove some sections of the windows in his design (replaced with more reinforced CMU wall) to transfer the lateral loads from the roof diaphragm to the shear wall below the joist's bottom chord bearing elevation. Am I correct? Thank you!






RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
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RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
The greatest trick that bond stress ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.
RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm
RE: Shear Wall Connection to the Roof Diaphragm