cleagl
Structural
- Nov 25, 2009
- 8
Hi Fellow EngTips people,
I am now doing residential homes, and need some opinions. No where (that I can find) does the IRC 2015 mention wood diaphragms. Nothing in Floors (Chap 5) and nothing in Roof-Ceiling (Chap 8). There is a reference in Section 804, but that is for cold-formed framing. Anyone have a reference or guidance here? Seems like they have a whole bunch of prescriptive stuff on shear walls, but what good are shear walls if the floor is absent (so to speak). Some of the floors I have designed using the Malone text(The Analysis of irregular Shaped Structures), but that is pretty long process and I am having a hard time passing the (total) cost on. I'm pretty sure RISA 3D can't do it(which I own a perpetual license) and I can't really afford RISA Floor right now. Any insights into how other residential wood frame engineers are handling this? Also, JoshPlum, if you know how I can do this with RISA 3D any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help.
-Cleagl
I am now doing residential homes, and need some opinions. No where (that I can find) does the IRC 2015 mention wood diaphragms. Nothing in Floors (Chap 5) and nothing in Roof-Ceiling (Chap 8). There is a reference in Section 804, but that is for cold-formed framing. Anyone have a reference or guidance here? Seems like they have a whole bunch of prescriptive stuff on shear walls, but what good are shear walls if the floor is absent (so to speak). Some of the floors I have designed using the Malone text(The Analysis of irregular Shaped Structures), but that is pretty long process and I am having a hard time passing the (total) cost on. I'm pretty sure RISA 3D can't do it(which I own a perpetual license) and I can't really afford RISA Floor right now. Any insights into how other residential wood frame engineers are handling this? Also, JoshPlum, if you know how I can do this with RISA 3D any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help.
-Cleagl