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  2. Steel plate shear wall - Wikipedia

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    In the past two decades the steel plate shear wall (SPSW), also known as the steel plate wall (SPW), has been used in a number of buildings in Japan and North America as part of the lateral force resisting system. In earlier days, SPSWs were treated like vertically oriented plate girders and design procedures tended to be very conservative.

  3. Shear wall - Wikipedia

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    A typical timber shear wall consists of braced panels in the wall line, constructed using structural plywood sheathing, specific nailing at the edges, and supporting framing. A shear wall is an element of a structurally engineered system that is designed to resist in-plane lateral forces, typically wind and seismic loads.

  4. Earthquake-resistant structures - Wikipedia

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    Coupled steel plate shear walls, Seattle The Ritz-Carlton/JW Marriott hotel building engaging the advanced steel plate shear walls system, Los Angeles. A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column-beam system.

  5. Skyscraper design and construction - Wikipedia

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    The classic concept of a skyscraper is a large steel box with many small boxes inside it. By eliminating the inefficient part of a shear wall, the central portion, and consolidating support members in a much stronger material, steel, a skyscraper could be built with both horizontal and vertical supports throughout. This method, though simple ...

  6. Seismic retrofit - Wikipedia

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    This low wall structure itself may fail in shear or in its connections to itself at the corners, leading to the building moving diagonally and collapsing the low walls. The likelihood of failure of the pin-up can be reduced by ensuring that the corners are well reinforced in shear and that the shear panels are well connected to each other ...

  7. 6 of the Most Common Home Renovations — Are They Worth It ...

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    With home prices still on the rise in every region of the U.S., 63% of homeowners say they'd rather remodel their homes than move to renovated homes, according to an October survey by Clever Real...

  8. Hold down (structural engineering) - Wikipedia

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    A hold down resisting uplift from a timber shear wall. Holdown (holdown, hold-down, or hold down) or tie-down in structural engineering refers to the steel device or hardware that is installed at the end of a plywood shear wall. The hold downs provide uplift resistance against the overturning moment imposed on the wall due to "in-plane" lateral ...

  9. Texas wants to buy surplus border wall parts but U.S ... - AOL

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    The Lonestar State had shown interest in purchasing the steel bollards used in the construction of the border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, but it was too late.