Metal Stud Framing Horizontal Bracing

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Metal stud framing horizontal bracing.

The calalog should only be used as a guide. Are described in open link in same page part 3 11 structural design manuals. The steeler technical design catalog is a collection of typical designs for steel framing and connections to help guide with your design process. Without bracing the framing members may twist buckle and fail under far less than specified applied load.

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The correct method for fixing the bracing stud to the structure is to use an engineered metal bracket that is capable of handling extreme loads to make a firm and secure connection. Lateral bracing is an important design consideration for both non structural and structural applications of walls and partitions framed with cold formed steel framing. Equally important are height of the wall the frame spacing and the maximum span of the surfacing material. Lateral bracing consists of a field cut stud or track for solid blocking and steel strap bracing on both flanges of the studs.

In the case of steel framing the cross sectional shape of the frame member size and the thickness and grade of steel must be considered. Steel strapping installed horizontally on the interior flanges at a maximum of six 6 feet on center in conjunction with the sheathing will brace and protect the stud framing during construction. If mechanical bracing is required it can be either steel strapping run horizontally on both sides of the studs and attached to each flange or cold rolled channel run horizontally through the stud punchouts and attached to each stud web. Without proper consideration of bracing excessive buckling or even failure could occur.

The maximum spacing for mechanical bracing of curtainwall framing is six 6 feet on center. Horizontal strap lateral bracing for wall studs. Bracing is required to resist buckling due to axial or out of plane lateral loads or a combination.