Shear Wall in Structural Engineering refers to structural wall that can be either "load bearing" or "non-load bearing". Shear Walls are a type of structural system that provides lateral resistance to a building or structure. They resist "In-Plane" loads that are applied along its height. The applied load is generally transferred to the wall by a Diaphragm or Collector or drag member. They are built in Wood, Concrete, CMU (Masonry) or Steel. See also Hold down. Structural engineering is the field of civil engineering particularly concerned with the design of complex structural systems. ... The term structural system in structural engineering refers to load-resisting sub-system of a structure. ... A diaphragm is some sort of separating membrane. ... Collector - in electronics, the amplified terminal on a Bipolar junction transistor (PNP) or (NPN) list of collectors- People with note-worthy collections. ... For a solid object moving through a fluid or gas, drag is the sum of all the aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces in the direction of the external fluid flow. ... Holddown or Hold-down or Holdown in Structural Engineering refers to the steel device or hardware that is installed at the end of a Plywood Shear Wall. ...

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