Cold-formed steel

Cold-formed steel shear wall to AISI S400-20

Sheathed cold-formed steel shear walls: strength by sheathing and fastener spacing, aspect ratio, chord studs and hold-downs.

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What you get

From the inputs to a finished cold-formed steel shear wall calculation

The applicable checks, step by step

Every check to AISI S400-20 with its equation, the values that go into it, the result and the code section, and the governing case up front. Results update as you type.

A calculation report a reviewer can follow

Inputs, load combinations, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF with your title block.

Drawings

Where the calculation has a shape to draw: elevations, sections and the diagrams, on a sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.

Your units, your method

US or SI units at any time, LRFD or ASD where the code offers both; the report follows.

Verification

How the cold-formed steel shear wall is tested

8worked examples
27values compared
27match
0documented differences, each explained

Against published examples and hand calculations from the code equations, on every change. The method and the sources.

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