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Shear design

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rheim

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Jan 16, 2007
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I'm looking for information about how to adress the different stiffness of a steel moment frame and wood shear walls in a dual system
 
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Not sure what your question is, but it's a matter of determining the relative stiffness of both. Apply a unit load and determine the displacement for the stiffnesses.

Dik
 
Look up "rigid diaphragm" and "flexible diaphragm" and load distribution for each.
 
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