I have a wood frame 24' by 44' building with an interior shear wall in the middle & parallel to the trusses. The load is 12,000 #'s. What's the best way to transfer into diapham?
My understanding of code is that shear walls will take load depending on orientation on the beam "diaphram". A little wall in the middle would be required to take half of the load, while strong outside walls take 25%. So the solution is to leave the little wall out "or walls" to eliminate heavy...
1. Is there other reasons to use a truss as a drag strut other that transfer shear from an interior parallel wall?
2. Is the best design to transfer shear to parallel trusses ladder bracing? Then have trusses designed to transfer to diaphram?
3. For interior shear walls perpendicular to trusses...
Using the Simplified method in the IBC 2000 code would the "Effective Seismic Weight" ( W ) be Actual dead load of roof + actual dead load of full wall supporting roof? Do you add live load? Factor load? 1.2 etc.?? Thanks
Is there a method to achieve the needed lateral strength using a wood column or small frame column say 12" . I'm working with the UBC & IRC and the aspect ratios don't allow it?
I see the bond beam of a pool to be a positive redundacy of design to assure bridging of weak areas and tie complete pool together? When pool design calls for various elevations
what's the best approach to design?
