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with deflection limits for wood studs backing brick veneer. Code provisions and research are examined to determine if these limits are appropriate. Codes and Research What is the maximum deflection limit of wood studs that back-up brick veneer? International Building Code (IBC) Table 1604.3 gives a limit of L/240 for âbrittle finishesâ in exterior walls and interior partitions. Furthermore, footnote âfâ states the wind load is permitted to be taken as 0.70 of the components & cladding (C&C) wind load for the purpose of determining deflection limits.
For the same uniform load w (used for single-span, simply supported beam) applied to both spans of the two-span continuous beam, maximum deflection for each span is only 0.42 (index value), which is 42-percent of the baseline value (1.00).herefore, if length of beam is doubled, deflection increases by a factor of 8, which is 2 cubed (2^3). Even if beam length is increased by only 10 percent, deflection increases by 33 percent. For a simple beam with uniform load (w), deflection varies with the fourth power of span length.