Steel Shear Walls
Steel Shear Walls
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I have a structure that has steel plate as an exterior skin that I am trying to use as shear walls......I don't see anywhere where this is specifically addressed in code other than "Steel special plate shear walls". Is there a way to treat this as a "ordinary" steel shear wall and avoid the detailing requirements of AISC's seismic design manual.






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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.
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That's what I was wondering......but wasn't sure if it would fly or not.
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