Transcription of Design/Construction Guide: Diaphragms and Shear Walls
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Diaphragms and Shear WallsDESIGN/CONSTRUCTION GUIDEE ngineered wood products are a good choice for the environment. They are manufactured for years of trouble-free, dependable use. They help reduce waste by decreasing disposal costs and product damage. Wood is a renewable, recyclable, biodegradable resource that is easily manufactured into a variety of viable few facts about wood. We re growing more wood every day. Forests fully cover one-third of the United States and one-half of Canada s land mass. American landowners plant more than two billion trees every year. In addition, millions of trees seed naturally.
diaphragms and shear walls are used in the lateral design of a building, the structural system is termed a “box sys-tem.” Shear walls provide reactions for the roof and floor diaphragms, and transmit the forces into the foundation. An accurate method for engi-neering diaphragms has evolved from analytic mod-
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