Wood Stud Wall Design

Chapter 5 design of wood framing the principal method of design for wood framed construction has historically been allowable stress design asd.

Wood stud wall design. The wall stud and exterior wall column tables in this guide include the effects of notches and holes on their capacity. A load bearing stud wall design example based on the allowable stress design methods outlined in awc s 2015 national design specification nds for wood construction and 2015 wood frame construction manual along with asce 7 10 minimum design loads for buildings and other structures will demonstrate standard design checks for limit states of strength and deflection. Usg provides resources here for our ul wall assemblies for seamless integration into any construction project. Stud design tables for both lumber and engineered wood studs and a design example are provided to demonstrate wood s suitability for engineered tall wall construction.

The national design specification for wood construction nds with additional adjustments as prescribed herein. An excellent value in wood frame party walls consists of single layer 5 8 sheetrock brand gypsum panels firecode c core resiliently attached to one side of studs and directly attached to the other side plus 3 thermafiber safb pressed tightly into the stud cavity this lightweight partition is widely used for its high sound value stc 50. This chapter uses the most current version of the asd method af pa 1997 although the load resistance factored design method lrfd is now available as an alternative af pa 1996a. Stud design tables for both lumber and engineered wood studs are provided to demon strate wood s suitability for engineered tall wall construction.

These wall assembly files are used for planning and estimation purposes for many ul wall types such as fire rated wall assemblies. The stud tables in this workbook are provided for lumber studs up to 6 1 m 20 ft and proprietary engineered wood studs up to 11 9 m 39 ft. Whether you are focused on designing the layout of studs for wall panel diagrams or you desire to use softplan s bill of materials to accurately count the lumber needed for a given project softplan s framing mode will allow for as much detail as needed. The engineered tall walls described in this workbook are extensions of the traditional stud walls used in canada for over a hundred years.

Solutions have been developed based on the 2015 and 2018 national design specification nds for wood construction and the 2015 special design provisions for wind and seismic sdpws as appropriate.