Due to the lack of buildable lots in our area many of our clients are coming in with odd design shapes. For example a home 64X20. This leaves us no choice but to have some interior shear walls in the middle of these homes. It is not uncommom for uplift to be around 9 or 10 kps sometimes higher...
I agree with ERV. I would lay this out on a grid in plan view. If the horizontal diaphragms are not considered to be rigid then loads must be distributed to adjacent shear walls from the flexible horizontal diaphragms. If there are no resisting elements to distribute to then transfer to the next...
