Computational Study of Cold-Formed-Steel X-Braced Shear Walls

Table 1

Al-Kharat’s CFS walls elements dimensions.

Specimen	Chord studs	Intermediate studs	Tracks	Braces
9C-M	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.37	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.09	152.4 × 31.8 × 1.37	127 × 1.09
39-M	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.37	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.09	152.4 × 31.8 × 1.37	69.8 × 1.37
45-M	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.73	152.4 × 41.3 × 12.7 × 1.09	152.4 × 31.8 × 1.73	101.6 × 1.73