Shearwalls with Split Stories
Shearwalls with Split Stories
(OP)
Not really sure how to label this thread but if you view the image below I think you will get the idea that I am trying to convey:
http://design.medeek.com/images/misc/SPLIT_LEVEL.j...
I have a 70'x36' gable structure, with about 1/2 the floor space with an office framed at the 2nd level as shown. The designer wants to platform frame it, which I don't think is problem.
With regards to calculating the shearwall loads it seems to me that things become a little more interesting. Right off the bat I threw this into Woodworks software but was unable to figure out how to handle different wall heights in the same model, maybe someone else has come across this before and has a solution.
Another thing I noted was that the trib. area to the wall is actually increased where the structure has the 2nd level office floor. With 16' studs the trib. length is half the stud height or 8'. With the two floors at 8' each, the total trib. length from the wall is 8 + 4 = 12'. Nothing too groundbreaking but worth noting.
Calculating the loads to the shearwalls parallel to the ridge with shearwalls of different heights and on different levels has me a bit mystified at the moment but I'm sure it will all become clear shortly.
A confused student is a good student.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson, PE
www.medeek.com
http://design.medeek.com/images/misc/SPLIT_LEVEL.j...
I have a 70'x36' gable structure, with about 1/2 the floor space with an office framed at the 2nd level as shown. The designer wants to platform frame it, which I don't think is problem.
With regards to calculating the shearwall loads it seems to me that things become a little more interesting. Right off the bat I threw this into Woodworks software but was unable to figure out how to handle different wall heights in the same model, maybe someone else has come across this before and has a solution.
Another thing I noted was that the trib. area to the wall is actually increased where the structure has the 2nd level office floor. With 16' studs the trib. length is half the stud height or 8'. With the two floors at 8' each, the total trib. length from the wall is 8 + 4 = 12'. Nothing too groundbreaking but worth noting.
Calculating the loads to the shearwalls parallel to the ridge with shearwalls of different heights and on different levels has me a bit mystified at the moment but I'm sure it will all become clear shortly.
A confused student is a good student.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson, PE
www.medeek.com






RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
A confused student is a good student.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson, PE
www.medeek.com
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
-R. Buckminster Fuller
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
A confused student is a good student.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson, PE
www.medeek.com
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
RE: Shearwalls with Split Stories
A confused student is a good student.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson, PE
www.medeek.com