LoneStarEngineer
Structural
- May 4, 2016
- 37
Has anyone modeled wood shear walls under rigid or semi rigid diaphragms in RAM structural system?
I know you could model it using the "Other" material in RAM but what properties of the wood shear wall would most accurately capture the behavior. I have a 2x6 width wall. You can specify the wall with 4 properties:
Thickness:
Modulus of Elasticity:
Self Weight: 35 pcf
Poissons Ratio: 0.3
I am just trying to get the force distribution to each shear wall to design them separately.
If anyone has any sample calculations or references to calculate the properties, I would really appreciate if you could share it.
Appreciate any input.
Thanks.
I know you could model it using the "Other" material in RAM but what properties of the wood shear wall would most accurately capture the behavior. I have a 2x6 width wall. You can specify the wall with 4 properties:
Thickness:
Modulus of Elasticity:
Self Weight: 35 pcf
Poissons Ratio: 0.3
I am just trying to get the force distribution to each shear wall to design them separately.
If anyone has any sample calculations or references to calculate the properties, I would really appreciate if you could share it.
Appreciate any input.
Thanks.