- Author
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Whittemore, H. L.
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Stang, A. H.
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Parsons, D. E.
- Title
- Structural Properties of "Twachtman" Constructions for Walls and Floors Sponsored by Connecticut Pre-Cast Building Corporation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 20,
August 17, 1939,
15 p.
- Keywords
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walls
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floors
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building construction
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housing
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costs
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reinforced concretes
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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 Connecticut Pre-Cast Buildings Corporation submitted 24 specimens representing "Twachtman" precast hollow reinforced-concrete constructions for walls and floors. The wall speciments were subjected to compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking 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 deformation under load and the set after the load, except for concentrated loads, for which the set only was determined. The results are presented in graphs and tables.