The National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS) outlines different factors and equations necessary for designing structures
exploiting timber. While analyzing a timber shear wall there are several specific equations and restraints that the design must satisfy. These
limitations come from not only the NDS, but also the Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE7), the Florida Building Code
(FBC), and the International Residential Code (IRC). ASCE7, paired with the NDS, provide a standard design methodology. The FBC and IRC focus
their framework around the minimum requirements. These manuals focus on the design strength of the individual components, rather than how they
react once affixed to one another. The sheathing is the foremost structural component which combats against the wind loads. Several different
types of sheathing, as well as nail sizes and patterns were analyzed as a connected structure. The methodology used was similar to that of
reinforced concrete, in that the properties of the nails and sheathing were transformed into that of the sawn lumber stud. This facilitated an
analytical comparison between the standard design method and that of a "composite I-beam". Increases and decreases in strength were found, due
to the complexity of the design equations, the addition of the sheathing component did not always enable a higher wall capacity. Deflection as
the ultimate failure of the member still rang true for the new method of design. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester 2018. / November 6, 2018. / Includes bibliographical references. / Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry, Professor Directing Thesis; Sungmoon Jung, Committee Member; Raphael Kampmann,
Committee Member; Lisa Spainhour, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_661177 |
| Contributors | Solek, Ashley (author), Rambo-Roddenberry, Michelle Deanna (professor directing thesis), Jung, Sungmoon (committee member), Kampmann, Raphael, 1980- (committee member), Spainhour, Lisa (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (degree granting college), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (54 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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