EngDM
Structural
- Aug 10, 2021
- 652
Hey all,
Does anyone know of a good resource to figure the stiffness of these walls? I am trying to determine how much of the lateral loading will be taken by walls running parallel to eachother, under rigid diaphram assumptions. I thought RISA 3D would have a gypsum option and I'd just compare deflections under unit loads for different slenderness levels of wall, but it doesn't seem RISA can do gypsum walls.
CSA O86 allows you to restrain up to 40% of the lateral load with gypsum walls, but I was wanting to check if the stiffness even attracks 40%.
Does anyone know of a good resource to figure the stiffness of these walls? I am trying to determine how much of the lateral loading will be taken by walls running parallel to eachother, under rigid diaphram assumptions. I thought RISA 3D would have a gypsum option and I'd just compare deflections under unit loads for different slenderness levels of wall, but it doesn't seem RISA can do gypsum walls.
CSA O86 allows you to restrain up to 40% of the lateral load with gypsum walls, but I was wanting to check if the stiffness even attracks 40%.