- Author
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Heck, G. E.
- Title
- Structural Properties of Conventional Wood-Frame Constructions for Walls, Partitions, Floors, and Roofs.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 25,
September 13, 1939,
25 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 Forest Products Laboratory built 39 specimens representing conventional wood-frame constructions for walls, partitions, floors, and roofs. In addition, six wall frames without covering were built. The wall-frame specimens were subjected to compressive and transverse loads; the wall and partition specimens to compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking loads; the floor specimens to transverse, concentrated, and impact loads; and the roof specimens to transverse and concentrated 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 was removed were measured, except for concentrated loads, for which the set only was determined. The results are presented in graphs and in tables.