Abstract: Test program on the shear behavior of stressed skin diaphragm using profiled sheets connected by the self-tapping screws was carried out, which are constructed according to the detailing in practical engineering. The effects ofdifferent sheeting sections and purlin distances on the shear behavior of shin diaphragm were studied by analyzing the failuremodes and shear capacities of the panel. Finite element analysis of the experimental specimen was conducted by use of theANSYS package, considering nonlinearity caused by the large deflection and slip of fasteners. The experimental data werecompared with the results acquired by finite element analysis. Itwas provedthat ANSYS can be used to analyze the stressedskin diaphragm, and that finite element analysis can provide substitute method for the repeated full scale tests.