Steel Shear Wall Panels

Steel plate shear wall.

Steel shear wall panels.

This is the most common type of this walls. The bottom channel has a 3 4 thick 3 1 2 wide plate washer built in that extends the entire width of the panel. Overview in residential construction steel studs and track are generally covered with cladding to form a wall assembly with significant shear strength. The steel strong wall shearwalls conform to icc es acceptance criteria ac322 and are code listed under the 2015 irc ibc see icc es esr 1679.

These walls consist. The strong wall wood shearwall is code listed to the 2015 irc ibc and conform to icc es acceptance criteria ac130. Shear walls are typically light framed or braced wooden walls with shear panels reinforced concrete walls reinforced masonry walls or steel plates. Steel strong wall for cold formed steel.

The hardy frame panel comes in widths of 9 12 15 18 21 and 24. Sheet steel and steel backed shear panels in the place of structural plywood. Cold formed steel 1st story floor systems. The steel plate wall consists of steel plate walls and bounded by the columns and the.

The steel strong wall shearwall is a code listed prefabricated steel panel that helps structures resist lateral forces such as those created by earthquakes and high winds. Simpson strong tie has two products in our prefabricated shearwall family the steel strong wall ssw and the strong wall wood shearwall wsw. It is common design practice to use this wall shear strength to resist lateral loads such as those caused by wind and earthquake. Types of the shear wall.