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Wood Shear Wall Deflection

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ridgeline

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May 29, 2008
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What value should you use for anchorage slip (da), when calculating deflection for a wood shear wall that does not have a holddown?
 
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IMO, that portion of the equation should contain any information related to deformation of the compression chord (i.e. sill plate crushing, hold down deformation, et cetera).

Josh
 
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