jeffandmike
Civil/Environmental
- Nov 5, 2002
- 63
It is my understanding that with a flexible (horizontal) wood diaphragm and wood framed shearwalls (assume we're using segmented shearwall design), forces are distributed to each shearwall in a wall line based on tributary area. My question is, what if each wall in the same wall line has a different calculated (theoretical) deflection?
Won't the force try to redistribute to the stiffest wall (one with the least deflection), assuming the tops of all walls in the line are tied together with a double top plate and correctly constructed splices (as is typically the case)? If that's correct, then shouldn't the forces be redistributed based on stiffness?
My second question is, assuming we don't redistribute based on stiffness, what is the total deflection of the wall line? Is it reasonable to take the average of all of the deflections?
Thanks in advance for any help / explanation you are able to provide.
Won't the force try to redistribute to the stiffest wall (one with the least deflection), assuming the tops of all walls in the line are tied together with a double top plate and correctly constructed splices (as is typically the case)? If that's correct, then shouldn't the forces be redistributed based on stiffness?
My second question is, assuming we don't redistribute based on stiffness, what is the total deflection of the wall line? Is it reasonable to take the average of all of the deflections?
Thanks in advance for any help / explanation you are able to provide.