1. The document discusses cold-formed steel framed shear wall assemblies, including standards for their design and testing.
2. It describes two types of shear walls - Type I are fully sheathed walls, Type II have openings. Type II values are modified from Type I values.
3. Standards provide nominal strength tables for wood, steel, and gypsum sheathed walls under wind and seismic loads. Values must be adjusted for load and resistance factor design or allowable strength design methods.
1. The document discusses cold-formed steel framed shear wall assemblies, including standards for their design and testing.
2. It describes two types of shear walls - Type I are fully shea…