Roof Ridge Shear Transfer

The brackets allow the use of continuous ridge venting in blocked diaphragms by replacing the boundary nailing between the roof sheathing and the ridge board ridge beam that is lost due to the gap required for venting.

Roof ridge shear transfer.

In wood framed construction it is important to transfer lateral forces from the roof framing to the shear walls below. Shear x brackets are designed to transfer in plane shear forces at the ridge line of roof diaphragms why use shear x. Whichever the case applications of a ridge vent in these types of highly loaded roof systems would require special framing. The shear transfer capacity of this kind of blocking is less than that of full height blocking but it provides room for insulation ducts etc.

Designing a metal building for wind and seismic forces includes calculating the shear forces a cting on the walls and designing a method for the transference of those forces to the vertical frame. Blocks with ventilation holes typically have wire mesh on one side to prevent animals from entering the attic space. The rafter force is transferred through an angle clip to the ridge board or beam and again transferred through an angle clip to the rafter. From what i ve seen there is a lack of testing on pitched diaphragms in general for both plywood and steel deck.

The swenson shear stone coat cutter is designed for use on a multitude of metal roof applications from stone coated metal shake and shingles to 14 gauge stainless flat sheets. Continuous ridge board or ridge beam and solid sawn rafters angle clip. At a ridge you re transferring that same shear across a joint between framing members that likely has questionable weak axis moment shear transfer capacity truss plate. In addition this connection can be hard to observe once exterior sheathing or house wrap is in place.

Blocking along the perimeter of the roof diaphragm that has the ability to transfer loads into the side walls or shear walls. In steeper roofs the ridge might actually begin to act like a chord member and help in resisting the bending forces. Shear x brackets are designed to transfer in plane shear forces in roof diaphragms across the ridge. The ridge element acts to transfer the shear loads from the sheathing on one side of the roof to the other.

Roof diaphragm to the shear walls. An asd shear force equal to the unit shear times the rafter member spacing is assumed to be in the rafter due to sheathing nailing. The brackets take the place of the connection between the roof sheathing and the continuous ridge board or ridge beam in blocked diaphragm applications. The block is installed between roof truss heels at the top of the exterior wall to carry and transfer lateral forces from the roof diaphragm to the braced wall.

Depending on bracket size framing method and roof pitch. Our brackets provide allowable in plane shear resistance capacities of 1750 2475 lbs.