Investigation on the Design Method of Shear Strength and Lateral Stiffness of the Cold-Formed Steel Shear Wall

Table 1

Numbers and parameters of the specimens.

Numbers	CFS member	Sheathing material	Screw spacing
WALL1	Studs: C89 × 44.5 × 12 × 1.0 (lipped channel: the web is 89 mm, the flange is 44.5 mm, the lip is 12 mm, and thickness is 1 mm); Tracks: U92 × 40 × 1.0 (unlipped channel: the web is 91 mm, the flange is 40 mm, and thickness is 1 mm); Strap: 50  mm × 1.0  mm (width × thickness)	With one-side gypsum board, the dimension is 1.2  m × 3 m (width × height) and the thickness is 12 mm	At the boundary of the board:150 mm; at the intermediate of the board: 300 mm
WALL2		With one-side OSB board, the dimension is 1.2 m × 2.4 m (width × height) and the thickness is 9 mm
WALL3		Gypsum board with a thickness of 12 mm on one side and OSB board with a thickness of 9 mm on the other side