- Author
- Yancey, C. W. C. | Somes, N. F.
- Title
- Structural Tests of a Wood Framed Housing Module. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 73-121, March 24, 1973,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- prefabrication, wooden structures; modular structures, transportation; residential buildings, modular structures; tests; structural properties; rail transportation; simulation; construction; loads (forces); feasibility; concepts; damage
- Identifiers
- modular construction; volumetric modules; breakthrough operation
- Abstract
- The paper reports the results of tests to determine the structural strength and stiffness characteristics of a wood framed volumetric housing module, performed subsequent to a series of tests relating to transportation by rail. The total sequence of the tests closely simulated the experience of an actual module as it undergoes manufacture, transportation, erection, and in-service loading.