- Author
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Whittemore, H. L.
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Stang, A. H.
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Wilson, T. R. C.
- Title
- Structural Properties of Wood-Frame Wall, Partition, Floor, and Roof Constructions with "Red Stripe" Lath Sponsored by The Weston Paper and Manufacturing Co.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Forest Products Lab., Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 36,
January 2, 1940,
28 p.
- Keywords
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walls
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partitions
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floors
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roofs
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wooden structures
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building construction
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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 Weston Paper and Manufacturing Co. submitted 30 specimens representing wood-frame wall, partition, floor, and roof constructions with "Red Stripe" lath. The wall specimens were subjected to compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking loads; the partition specimens to concentrated and impact loads; the floor specimens to transverse, concentrated, and impact loads; and the roof specimens to transverse and concentrated loads. For each of the loads three like specimens were tested. The transverse, concentrated, and impact loads were applied to both faces of the wall specimens, and for each of these loads six like specimens were tested. The deformation under load and the set after the load was removed were measured for uniform increments of load, except for concentrated loads, for which the set only was determined. The results are presented in graphs and in tables.