Steel Shear Wall Panels

Sheet steel and steel backed shear panels in the place of structural plywood.

Steel shear wall panels.

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

Types of the shear wall. Steel strong wall for cold formed steel. 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. These walls consist.

This is the most common type of this walls. Shear walls are typically light framed or braced wooden walls with shear panels reinforced concrete walls reinforced masonry walls or steel plates. Cold formed steel 1st story floor systems. Steel plate shear wall.

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. The 9 through 18 widths are a one piece c section that is enclosed at the top and bottom with channels. Simpson strong tie has two products in our prefabricated shearwall family the steel strong wall ssw and the strong wall wood shearwall wsw.