Steel Sheeting Shear Wall

Sheet steel shear walls with 2 1 aspect ratio and 6 in 4 in 3 in and 2 in.

Steel sheeting shear wall.

Details of shear walls. One conventional rc shear wall was used as a reference wall and referred to as sw in this study. Using traditional panels like ultra batten which creates a board batten look or a newer more modern siding panel like shiplap wall provides homes with a variety of appearances. Fastener spacing at panel edges.

Steel sheet sheathed shear walls with 2 1 and 4 1 aspect ratios and 0 027 in. Three composite shear walls with l shaped cold formed steel sheets were constructed and referred to as csw 1 csw 2 csw 3. This report presents a research project developed to add values for 0 030 in. Steel strong wall for cold formed steel.

Overview in residential construction steel studs and track are generally covered with cladding to form a wall assembly with significant shear strength. Range of steel sheet sheathed shear wall configurations. The strong wall wood shearwall is code listed to the 2015 irc ibc and conform to icc es acceptance criteria ac130. Simpson strong tie has two products in our prefabricated shearwall family the steel strong wall ssw and the strong wall wood shearwall wsw.

The steel strong wall shearwall is a code listed prefabricated steel panel that helps structures resist lateral forces such as those created by earthquakes and high winds. It is common design practice to use this wall shear strength to resist lateral loads such as those caused by wind and earthquake.