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Recommended Shear Wall Design Software
I have been using software by a company based in California, called LatPro. They can be found at lateralpro.com and have very good software called LatPro 1.7 which is CBC compliant. I have used it for years and find it simple to use and very comprehensive.- Perennial
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- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
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Design in earthquake zones(acc.to CBC)?
If you like software, I have had great help using LatPro 1.7 which is based on the CBC. It can be found at lateralpro.com and allows the user to enter user defined shear walls, etc so you can try various designs.- Perennial
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- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
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Looking for IBC Wind Loading diagram for structures
The IBC has complex formulas for wind loading for structures. I mainly work with 1 to 4 story structures but they still can be quite complex to model. Does anyone know of a book or site I can go to find diagrams for various loading configurations? I want to double-check that I am calculating...- Perennial
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