Shear Walls With Openings - The Analysis of Irregular Shaped Structures - page 372

F i g u r e 10.3 Allowable shear wall aspect ratios. ( Courtesy, American Wood Council, Leesburg, VA. )

wall, and the ratio of the full-height wall segments to the total length of the wall.
The method is as follows:

α= ∑ A
A

opening

openingarearatio

wall

β= ∑ L

full hgtsegment

wall length ratio

L

wall

1

r = sheathingarearatio

α
β

1 +

r

F =

32 shearratio

r

VF v = ( ) L

wall allowwall