Welded Stud Bolts - Wood Diaphragm Shear

[ltfdrsn]

Hi,

I have a shear wall sitting on a HSS Tube. I have two nailers on each side of the tube, which transfer the shear from the flexible diaphragm. The nailers are connected to the tube with 5/8 Dia. welded stud bolts. The shear at the wall is not more than 340 plf. Since there are two nailers on each side, my intuition and knowledge tells me to divide the unit shear two to find the spacing of the welded stud bolts. I would like to know, if this thinking is valid or not.

Thank you all for your time.

 

[KootK]

Interesting detail. I don't see that there's anything to be done but to examine how much load is transmitted to/from the diaphragm on each side of the tube and to design the studs on each side for it's associated load. Dividing by two only makes sense if that happens to be the actual load distribution.

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