- Author
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Whittemore, H. L.
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Stang, A. H.
- Title
- Methods of Determining the Structural Properties of Low-Cost House Constructions.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 2
August 10, 1938
20 p.
- Keywords
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housing
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building construction
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costs
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walls
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tests
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partitions
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floors
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roofs
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loads (forces)
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load capacity
- Identifiers
- structural properties
- Abstract
- This paper describes methods used by the National Bureau of Standards to determine the structural properties of elements of a low-cost house; that is, structural properties of wall specimens under compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking loads; of partition specimens under impact and concentrated loads; of floor specimens under transverse, concentrated, and impact loads; and of roof specimens under transverse and concentrated loads. A graphic method of presenting the results of the tests is also described. It is believed that the tests of house constructions by the methods described in this paper will give information on the structural properties which will greatly assist in the selection of a low-cost construction for given conditions.