- Author
- Yancey, C. W. C. | Cattaneo, L. E.
- Title
- State-of-the-Art of Structural Test Methods for Walls, Floors, Roofs and Complete Buildings. Final report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Policy Development and Research.
- Report
- NBS BSS 058, November 1974,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- buildings; structural members; structural analysis; structural design; construction management; floors; roofs; standardization; reviews
- Identifiers
- breakthrough operation; industrialized housing; housing and urban development research
- Abstract
- Based on information obtained from a review of the literature and from liaison with committees concerned with the development and revision of voluntary standards, it was found that there is a dearth of research information contributing directly to the development of test methods. Most of the research conducted on building components has been carried out either to observe the behavior of a sample of a particular type of construction or to evaluate the performance of a specimen against some performance requirements. However, helpful inferences can be made on the basis of some of the documentation, especially that contained in reports of full-scale tests on housing. An up-to-date status report of voluntary test standards activities (in the U.S.) was prepared through verbal and written communication with members of the technical subcommittees of ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Construction.