WIND & SEISMIC - AWC

American Wood CouncilAmericanForest & PaperAssociation2008 EDITIONANSI/AF&PA SDPWS-2008 Approval Date: AuguSt 4, 2008 wind & SEISMICASD/LRFDSpECIAL DESIgN pROvISIONS FOR wind AND SEISMICWITH COMMENTARYU pdates and ErrataWhile every precaution has been taken toensure the accuracy of this document, errorsmay have occurred during or Errata are posted to the American Wood Council website at Technical inquiries may be addressed to American Wood Council (AWC) is the wood products division of the American Forest & PaperAssociation (AF&PA). AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest, paper, and wood productsindustry, representing member companies engaged in growing, harvesting, and processing wood and wood fiber, manufacturing pulp, paper, and paperboard products from both virgin and recycled fiber, and producing engineered and traditional wood products. For more information see American Wood Council.

tion of the diaphragm itself under lateral load is less than or equal to two times the average deflection of ad-joining vertical elements of the lateral force-resisting system of the associated story under equivalent tribu-tary lateral load. For analysis purposes, it can be as-sumed that a rigid diaphragm distributes story shear and

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