Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
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I have a case where we have a steel frame and need to use wood shearwalls for the lateral load. Is is possible to stop the wood wall from taking vertical load from the steel beam above? Do I have to do something like add a bunch of shear only links to connect the wall to the beam?





RE: Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
RE: Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
RE: Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
Josh, I had thought about that. So would you just copy the node at the top of the last 2 columns down and inch or two and connect your wall panel there?
RE: Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only
RE: Wood shear wall - Lateral Load only