Wood shear wall capacity

[maxbeaudoin]

I noticed when designing a shear wall (ASD) that the capacity from the NDS is divided by 2.0:

According to NDS SDPWS 2021 Section 4.1.4, the nominal capacity should be divided by 2.8.
Please clarify if this is an error or if I’m misunderstood.

Thanks,

Max Beaudoin

[juanp_clearcalcs]

@maxbeaudoin

NDS SDPWS 2021 Section 4.1.4,

Hello Max, I think this could help you clarify a little bit, for wind, iit should be 2.0

The 2.8 that you’re seeing is for seismic