This 30-minute webinar enables participants to understand the importance of wall bracing to resist wind and earthquake loads, recognize the role of portal frames in resisting lateral loads, …

Aug 7, 2017 · But this method can be anchored to a wood floor frame using either overlapping sheathing or a properly detailed steel connector, allowing portal frames over basements and …

Prescriptive design information on the options and tools for our Strong-Wall® site-built portal frame system to help contractors meet wall bracing requirements for projects with narrow wall …

We also define the applicable lumber types and combinations thereof that are used to construct the nominal 10”- and 12”-wide column members that compose the PFS portal frame.

This paper presents a simple principle of mechanics model that was developed to predict the allowable stress design capacity of wood structural panel portal frames.

The code-listed Strong-Wall site-built portal frame system (PFS) provides designers, builders and contractors in prescriptive markets with an easy way to meet code-required wall-bracing …

The APA portal-frame design, as shown in Figure 1, was envisioned primarily for use as bracing in conventional light-frame construction. However, it can also be used in engineered applications, …

Portal frames have the primary objective of resisting lateral loads caused by wind acting on the walls. They distribute the wind loading from the end walls into a wind truss or roof bracing and …

Portal frames can be defined as two-dimensional rigid frames that have the basic characteristics of a rigid joint between column and beams. They are one of the most popular structural …

Aug 2, 2018 · The building code allows three diferent types of portal frame: the CS-PF, or “continuously sheathed portal frame” (see illustration, page 43), the PFG, or “portal frame …