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Section 511C — SPECIAL PROCEDURE

511C.5 Diaphragm Shear Transfer.

San Francisco Building Inspection Commission Codes · 2022 edition · updated 2026-08-28 · San Francisco

Diaphragms shall be connected to shear walls with connections capable of developing a minimum force given by the lesser of the following formulas:

V = 0.2CpWd (5C-9)

using the Cp values in Table 5C-C, or

V = vuD (5C-10)

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