2005 EDITION

ANSI/AF&PA SDPWS-2005
Approval Date: OCTOBER 26, 2005

ASD/LRFD

WIND & SEISMIC

Special Design Provisions

for Wind and Seismic

WITH COMMENTARY

Parts of this document are protected. On the

first protected page, follow the link to AF&PA's
eCommerce website to purchase a username
and password, which will be emailed to you. American
Forest &
Paper
Association

American Wood Council

Updates and Errata
While every precaution has been taken to
ensure the accuracy of this document, errors
may have occurred during development.
Updates or Errata are posted to the American
Wood Council website at www.awc.org.
Technical inquiries may be addressed to
awcinfo@afandpa.org.

The American Wood Council (AWC) is the wood products division of the American Forest & Paper
Association (AF&PA). AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest, paper, and wood products
industry, representing member companies engaged in growing, harvesting, and processing wood and
wood fiber, manufacturing pulp, paper, and paperboard products from both virgin and recycled fiber,
and producing engineered and traditional wood products. For more information see www.afandpa.org.
2005 EDITION
ANSI/AF&PA SDPWS-2005
Approval Date: OCTOBER 26, 2005

ASD/LRFD

WIND & SEISMIC

SPECIAL DESIGN PROVISIONS
FOR WIND AND SEISMIC

WITH COMMENTARY

Copyright © 2005, 2006

American Forest & Paper Association, Inc.
Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic with Commentary 2005 Edition

Second Printing: February 2007

ISBN 0-9625985-3-4 (Volume 2)

ISBN 0-9625985-8-5 (4 Volume Set)

Copyright © 2005, 2006 by American Forest & Paper Association, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, including, without limitation, electronic, optical, or mechanical means (by way of example and not limitation,
photocopying, or recording by or in an information storage retrieval system) without express written permission of
the American Forest & Paper Association, Inc. For information on permission to copy material, please contact:

Copyright Permission
AF&PA American Wood Council
1111 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
email: awcinfo@afandpa.org

Printed in the United States of America

AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL

 SPECIAL
WOOD
DESIGN
FRAME
PROVISIONS
CONSTRUCTION
FOR WIND
MANUAL
AND SEISMIC

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter/Title Page Chapter/Title Page

1 Designer Flowchart .................................................. 1 Appendix A .................................................................................................. 29

1.1 Flowchart
References ............................................................................................... 33
2 General Design Requirements .. 3
2.1 General Commentary ........................................................................................... 35
2.2 Terminology C2 General Design Requirements
2.3 Notation C3 Members and Connections
C4 Lateral Force-Resisting Systems
3 Members and Connections ................. 7 Appendix A
3.1 Framing References
3.2 Sheathing
3.3 Connections

4 Lateral Force-Resisting
Systems .............................................................................................. 11
4.1 General
4.2 Wood Diaphragms
4.3 Wood Shear Walls

LIST OF TABLES
3.1.1.1 Wall Stud Bending Stress Increase Factors ..... 8 4.3A Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
Wood-Frame Shear Walls
3.2.1 Nominal Uniform Load Capacities (psf) for
(Wood-based Panels Excluding Plywood) .... 26
Wall Sheathing Resisting Out-of-Plane
Wind Loads ..................................................... 9 4.3B Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
Wood-Frame Shear Walls
3.2.2 Nominal Uniform Load Capacities (psf) for
(Gypsum and Portland Cement Plaster) ........ 27
Roof Sheathing Resisting Out-of-Plane
Wind Loads ................................................... 10 4.3C Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
Wood-Frame Shear Walls
4.2.4 Maximum Diaphragm Aspect Ratios
(Lumber Shear Walls) ................................... 28
(Horizontal or Sloped Diaphragms) .............. 14
A.4.2A Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
4.2A Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
Wood-Frame Plywood Diaphragms
Wood-Frame Diaphragms (Blocked Wood
(Blocked Wood Structural
Structural Panel Diaphragms) ....................... 17
Panel Diaphragms) ........................................ 30
4.2B Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
A.4.2B Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
Wood-Frame Diaphragms (Unblocked Wood
Wood-Frame Plywood Diaphragms
Structural Panel Diaphragms) ....................... 18
(Unblocked Wood Structural
4.2C Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for Panel Diaphragms) ........................................ 31
Wood-Frame Diaphragms
A.4.3A Nominal Unit Shear Capacities for
(Lumber Diaphragms) ................................... 19
Wood-Frame Plywood Shear Walls .............. 32
4.3.3.4 Shear Capacity Adjustment Factor, Co .......... 21
C3.2A Wood Structural Panel Dry Design Bending
4.3.4 Maximum Shear Wall Aspect Ratios ............ 22 Strength Capacities ....................................... 40

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION

C3.2B Wood Structural Panel Dry Shear Capacities C4.2.2E Data Summary for Blocked and Unblocked
in the Plane.................................................... 40 Wood Structural Panel Diaphragms .............. 47
C3.2C Cellulosic Fiberboard Sheathing Design C4.2.2F Data Summary for Horizontal Lumber and
Bending Strength Capacities ......................... 40 Diagonal Lumber Sheathed Diaphragms ...... 47
C4.2.2A Shear Stiffness, Gνtν (lb/in. of depth), for C4.3.2A Data Summary for Fiberboard, Gypsum
Wood Structural Panels ................................. 44 Wallboard, and Lumber Sheathed Shear
Walls ............................................................. 52
C4.2.2B Shear Stiffness, Gνtν (lb/in. of depth), for
Other Sheathing Materials ............................ 45
C4.2.2C Relationship Between Span Rating and
Nominal Thickness ....................................... 45
C4.2.2D Fastener Slip, en (in.) ..................................... 45

LIST OF FIGURES
4A Open Front Structure ..................................... 14
4B Cantilevered Building ................................... 15
C4.3.2 Comparison of 4-Term and 3-Term
Deflection Equations ..................................... 51
C4.3.5.1 Typical Segmented Shear Wall
Height-to-Width Ratio .................................. 54
C4.3.5.2 Typical Shear Wall Height-to-Width
Ratio for Shear Walls Designed for Force
Transfer Around Openings ............................ 55
C4.3.5.3 Typical Shear Wall Height-to-Width
Ratio for Perforated Shear Walls................... 55

AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL

 This is a protectedpdf document. Please enter your login credentials and click “Enter"
to view the document. If you do not have a username and password and would like
access to this protected document, visit the AF&PA eCommerce site to purchase your
credentials. A username and password will be emailed to you.

Username:

Password:

Enter

Check here if you are having difficulty

Automatically sign me into this document in the future.

(Do not select this when using a public computer)
Document ID: 0000-1449-9652-00009792