- Author
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Whittemore, H. L.
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Stang, A. H.
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Phelan, V. B.
- Title
- Structural Properties of "Pre-Fab" Constructions for Walls, Partitions, and Floors Sponsored by the Harnischfeger Corp.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 18,
March 17, 1939,
22 p.
- Keywords
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walls
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partitions
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floors
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building construction
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manufacturing
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housing
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costs
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loads (forces)
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load capacity
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deformation
- Identifiers
- structural properties
- Abstract
- For the program on the determination of the structural properties of low-cost house constructions, the Harnischfeger Corporation submitted 33 specimens representing their "Pre-Fab" constructions for walls, partitions, and floors. The wall speciments were subjected to compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking loads; the partition specimens to impact and concentated loads; and the floor specimens to transverse, concentrated, and impact loads. The transverse, concentrated and impact loads were applied to both faces of wall specimens. For each of these loads three like specimens were tested, the concentrated-load tests being made on undamaged portions of the specimens used for the transverse or impact tests. The deformation under load and the set after the load was removed were measured for uniform increments of load up to the maximum load, except for concentrated loads, for which the set only was determined. The results are presented graphically and in a table.