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Accuracy in FTAO Wood Shear Wall Design Methods

Are you using the most accurate design method when you utilize Force Transfer Around Openings (FTAO) in your wood shear wall design?  In the past, a variety of design techniques have been used to determine a rational analysis for wood shear walls, but recent research sheds some light on which methods are the most accurate […]

“SEU Speaker Inspires” Organization of the Month: Purdue University Lyles School of Civil Engineering

In July 2016, Karyn Beebe, P.E., from APA – The Engineered Wood Association, gave a talk on Advancements in Force Transfer Around Openings for Wood Framed Shear Walls. She chose Purdue University Lyles School of Civil Engineering (www.engineering.purdue.edu/CE) for the SEU Speaker Inspires donation of the month. Karyn said the following about this organization, “The Civil Engineering Department at Purdue […]