Introduction to Shear Walls: Understanding Overturning, Racking, and Base Shear
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Published 2023-05-17
Article in the Journal of Light Construction on shear walls
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All Comments (21)
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I'm a structural engineer! This video was great, and thank you for also sharing the different screenshots from the NDS publications as well! I love it!
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I work in demolition and you are making my job REALLY difficult. Thanks.
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I’m a licensed structural engineer in California. This video is fantastic. Great work!
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I am a carpenter and home inspector for about 40 years. You did a nice simple job of explaining the system
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Thanks for staying on site after work hours to educate us. That was incredibly helpful.
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I saw a couple houses collapse in my time as a builder by other builders. It was always from new crews who didn’t understand that you can’t rely on braces to hold an entire house with roof set. Sheathing and decking are your friend, sooner rather than later! Good video.
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This would be a great practical video to show in an intro to statics engineering course. Very nice example with the simple starting wall. Then get into the individual and total nail shear forces, so nerdy! Love it.
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Very true about the field nails holding the panel to the framing! I had a project framed with Zip System sheathing where the sheathing got a little wet during construction, and buckled in or out between each stud up to 1/2" in deflection. But the sheet itself stayed firmly attached to the studs.
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Thank you for the education. Met with a structural engineer last week to verify load bearing wall and received a significant education that I wish I had received decades ago. Wish I'd have taken my education more seriously and followed engineering.
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Great presentation. Just learning the terms (Overturning, Racking, and Base Shear) is helpful in understanding better and being able to describe what most of us intuitively know. Construction is full of urban legends regarding the code and engineering. It is wonderful to get the straight scoop from PEs on how various forces act upon structures rather than the BS at lunchtime when framers pontificate about science.
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0215 and I just sat through an excellent video on shear walls, and learned a lot of new information & terminology. My day is going well already.
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This is an awesome video. It really helps visualize the theory behind shear walls. Thank you for putting it together.
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Great stuff. I've been designing homes for over 30 years and have built several in that time, and I was always taught/told that the sheathing should go perpendicular to the studs. This was very enlightening. Thanks for the mini tutorial! Never too old to learn new things.
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One of the best videos and most knowledgeable I have seen. Thank you for your great work. you are a awesome framer. God Bless
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Nice info! Thank you. People need to calculate the forces "during" construction too, not just the final building.
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You’re a terrific teacher. Really appreciate the video! Well deserved sub
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Great stuff. I am building a cabin with my son and we are standing up the walls tomorrow. Wanted a refresher before we sheathed them.
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I live 30min off the coast in Texas. My framer installed 2 shear walls in my home. 3/4” plywood and bolted in the slab. It is relatively cheap to do this and adds so much safety and security.
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Just found this video and subbed. I just learned about these various forces. I built a small 4 x 8 raised deck to catch rainwater in barrels on. I braced it figuring I'd have racking either from back to front or from side to side. A light rain easily filled the barrels. Roughly 450 pounds of water in each 55 gallon barrel. I thought 2 x 4s I had left over would work. Nope! A couple 2 x 6s seems to have worked. No more racking.
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Wow, very, very educational. Saved to favorites for future use on my Desert Homestead. Thank You!
