Objective
The objective of the research is to provide practicing engineers with an
alternative lateral bracing system which is stronger, more flexible, and less
expensive than the traditional bracing systems currently available for use with
light-framed cold-formed steel construction. This research project will provide
the basis for developing a shear wall design table listing the nominal shear
values for wind and seismic forces for shear walls framed with cold-formed steel
studs and sheathed with corrugated sheet steel. In keeping with the terminology
used to describe shear walls in the International Building Code, the low profile
metal deck tested is referred to as “corrugated sheet steel”. The term
“corrugated sheet steel shear wall” is abbreviated to “CSSSW” in the body of
the paper.