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Steel Shear Walls

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WARose

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Mar 17, 2011
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I have a structure that has steel plate as an exterior skin that I am trying to use as shear walls......I don't see anywhere where this is specifically addressed in code other than "Steel special plate shear walls". Is there a way to treat this as a "ordinary" steel shear wall and avoid the detailing requirements of AISC's seismic design manual.
 
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What kind of framing supports it? Cold-formed studs? Wood studs?
 
Structural steel. (Nothing heavy. It's a short structure.)
 
Grab a strip of plate and call it discrete, tension-only bracing?

I like to debate structural engineering theory -- a lot. If I challenge you on something, know that I'm doing so because I respect your opinion enough to either change it or adopt it.
 
Oh okay, I was curious if it was a Sure-Board type material for stud backing, but it clearly isn't. Can you use R=3 and have a "steel system not specifically detailed for seismic resistance".
 
Can you use R=3 and have a "steel system not specifically detailed for seismic resistance".

That's what I was wondering......but wasn't sure if it would fly or not.
 
Check out the building 'highline 23', this was done as a steel plate shearwall R=3 i.e. not detailed. As far as if it will fly or not that one is in area where seismic is low and building officials do not review calcs etc. so if you're in a high seimsic area you may get some pushback, not sure on that.
 
Thanks book. I'm in a low seismic area, so I'm not worried. Just wanted to be sure it was allowed in some way.
 
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