I am working on a project that is a 3 story wood framed multi-family building. The architect wants to use Zip-R sheathing on the exterior with no wood structural panels directly attached to the studs. If you're not familiar with the product it is 7/16 wood structural panel with rigid insulation...
I often work on building designs in which the exterior structural steel is hidden inside a metal stud wall. This means that the cladding system consists of a continuous metal stud wall spanning vertically between each floor. The metal studs below the beam are framed into the bottom flange of a...
Lately I've been trying to dive deeper into cold-formed steel design and so I've been combing very closely through the AISI S100-12 Manual. I'm working on calculating the compressive strength of a steel stud.
Part 1: Am I correct in assuming that it is typical for load bearing steel studs with...
When calculating the drift height and width per Section 7.7.1 I'm confused by this statement:
"If this height exceeds hc, the drift width, w, shall equal 4hd2/hc and the drift height shall equal hc."
So, what value of hd is used in the equation for w? The value calculated in Figure 7.9 OR the...
Does anybody know of a way to omit the entire report footer in RISA 3D? I am using version 14.0 and I am trying to merge multiple reports together and I'd like to number all of the pages using a pdf editor.
