Download or read book Testing and Performance of Steel Frame Wood Panel Shear Walls written by Chang Yi Chen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This thesis has two main objectives. One is to investigate the performance characteristics of various configuration light gauge steel frame/wood panel shear walls under monotonic and reversed cyclic loading. The second is to recommend an effective analytical model, which relies on sheathing-to-framing connection test results and the mechanical properties of structural sheathing and steel frame members, to predict the resistance and deflection of shear walls subjected to lateral loads." --