This report presents the results of twenty shear wall tests that were conducted to evaluate the performance of wall configurations not permitted in the building codes in 2002. In this test program, four areas of performance were addressed, as follows:

• Reversed cyclic performance of 7/16-in. OSB shear walls sheathed one side and framed with 54- and 68-mil steel.
• Reversed cyclic performance of 7/16-in. OSB shear walls sheathed each side and framed with 54- and 68-mil steel.
• Reversed cyclic performance of 27-mil sheet steel shear walls (sheathed one side) with simple lap shear connections at the adjoining edges of the sheet steel panels (adjoining edge perpendicular to framing).
• Monotonic performance of ½-in. gypsum sheathed shear walls (sheathed one side) with alternative (to the current codes) blocking configurations and fastener schedules.
• The findings provided a basis for the AISI Committee on Framing