shear transfer to concrete via shotpins?

[cruzinbear]

Are there any shotpins (or similar) in the market, with an available ESR report, to transfer seismic shear forces from shear wall (down to cold-form steel tracks) to concrete slab of self-suported structure?

 

[HuckleberryFinn]

Hi Cruzinbear,

Typically our firm has used Hilti X-U pins for a situation similar to what you describe when the walls are fairly lightly loaded. Please note that we have not used them for a designated seismic system, only R=3 systems so far (I think that seismic testing was specifically out scoped in the reports linked below).

ICC ES Reports:

http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/page/...sf?lang=en&nodeId=-114925&selectedOid=-461110

You also may want to check this out:

https://shop.steel.org/p/218/tn-562-powder-actuated-fasteners-in-cold-formed-steel-construction

Good luck!

-Huck