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Performance Of Cold-Formed Steel-Framed Shear Walls: Alternative Configurations, Kelly A. Morgan, Mark A. Sorhouet, Reynaud Serrette
Performance Of Cold-Formed Steel-Framed Shear Walls: Alternative Configurations, Kelly A. Morgan, Mark A. Sorhouet, Reynaud Serrette
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Specifications, Standards, Manuals and Research Reports (1946 - present)
This report presents the results of twenty shear wall tests that were conducted to evaluate the performance of wall configurations not currently (2002) permitted in the building codes. Ten (10) walls were evaluated under reversed cyclic loading and the other ten (10) under monotonic loading. Brief descriptions of the test program and results are presented in the following paragraphs. The reversed cyclic load tests comprised 4 ft. x 8 ft. 54- and 68-mil framed walls with 7/16-in. OSB rated sheathing on one or both sides of the wall and 33-mil framed walls with 27-mil sheet steel. The sheet steel wall …