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  1. seismiczone

    Offset wood shearwalls-omega factor

    I have a 3-story wood framed structure with offset shearwalls. Do I increase the lateral loads specific to the offset lines by 280% and then specify for unit shear values and holdowns? These values get to be very large by the time I get to the 1st floor. What happens if I'm offset vertically...

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