Steel Shear Wall Panels

It is common design practice to use this wall shear strength to resist lateral loads such as those caused by wind and earthquake.

Steel shear wall panels.

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. Plywood is the conventional material used in wood timber shear walls but with advances in technology and modern building methods other prefabricated options have made it possible to inject shear assemblies into narrow walls that fall at either side of an opening. The steel plate wall consists of steel plate walls and bounded by the columns and the. Steel strong wall for cold formed steel.

These walls consist. Simpson strong tie has two products in our prefabricated shearwall family the steel strong wall ssw and the strong wall wood shearwall wsw. This is the most common type of this walls. The hardy frame panel comes in widths of 9 12 15 18 21 and 24.

The strong wall wood shearwall is code listed to the 2015 irc ibc and conform to icc es acceptance criteria ac130. This wall consists of the reinforcements and. 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. The 9 through 18 widths are a one piece c section that is enclosed at the top and bottom with channels.

Sheet steel and steel backed shear panels in the place of structural plywood. Overview in residential construction steel studs and track are generally covered with cladding to form a wall assembly with significant shear strength. The bottom channel has a 3 4 thick 3 1 2 wide plate washer built in that extends the entire width of the panel. Types of the shear wall.