Can anyone clarify whether I am on the right track? When you calculate shear due to wind, this is the method I used to calculate the demand V. Wind pressure according to MWFRS with all appropriate factors X width of the face of the building X total height of the wall+any roof. Then I used the...
From what I have read, when you use a deflection criteria for live load deflection to be less than L/360, IBC2000 requires you to use L/240 as the total load criterion. I know for IBC2003 this is true. I was wondering if IBC 2000 also mandates this combination or can we use L/360 and L/180 instead?
