Wood Shear Wall with an Opening

Shear walls are generally located at the sides of buildings or arranged in the form of core that houses stairs and lifts. Due to functional requirements such as doors, windows, and other openings, a shear wall in a building contains many openings.

Shear walls are wall systems that transfer lateral wind and seismic loads from a roof or floor down to lower levels, and then into the foundation. … Wood structural panel (WSP) sheathed shear walls are the most common shear wall system used in engineered wood-frame buildings.