DIN 1052-3:1988-04

1 Field of application
2 Concept
3 Materials
      3.1 General
      3.2 Studs and horizontal timbers
      3.3 Sheathing with a loadbearing function
      3.4 Sheathing with a stiffening function
4 Loadbearing connections
5 Design principles
      5.1 General
             5.1.1 Wind loads
             5.1.2 Support reactions of floor plates
      5.2 Material characteristics and permissible
             stresses
             5.2.1 Wood-based panel products
             5.2.2 Asbestos-cement panels
             5.2.3 Gypsum plasterboard
      5.3 Permissible loading and arrangement of
             loadbearing fasteners
             5.3.1 Bolts and dowel pins
             5.3.2 Wood screws
             5.3.3 Nails
6 Design
      6.1 General
      6.2 Spacing of studs
      6.3 Effective width of sheathingance to horizontal
             loading
      6.4 Panels in compression of coexistent bending
             and compression
      6.5 Wall panels with diagonal timber boarding
7 Construction
      7.1 Minimum sheathing thickness
      7.2 Roof pitch
8 Examples of wall panel construction not requiring
      analysis of resistance to horizontal loading
      8.1 Panels comprising one sheathing board
      8.2 Panels comprising more than one sheathing board
Standards referred to
Explanatory notes

Gives specifications relating to the design and construction of loadbearing panels for buildings in timber frame construction not exceeding three full storeys, which are subject to predominantly static loading including wind and earthquake loads.