DL, that was exactly the input i was looking for & similar to my thought process. I think its going to end up needing a steel frame(s) for the "rectangular box" in the middle in addition to shearing all 3 sides of each protrusion.
What? I never attacked anyone and i said I appreciate the input given. The point of this post wasn't to ask someone to do it for me. The point was to see how other engineers would approach working through this lateral system because theres more than 1 way to look at it. I've spoken with two...
driftLimiter, literally every question you asked is given already. The original post said its seismic. I showed both floor layouts labeled main floor and upper floor (2-story). The title of the post is wood shear wall distribution, meaning the construction type is wood. Amyways, I appreciate...
I'm having trouble determining the best way to distribute shear throughout the walls on this floor plan. If anyone has any suggestions or has designed a plan with mostly angled walls I would love to see an example. The diaphragm design force at the roof level is 30k...
