- 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 Prefabricated Wood-Frame Constructions for Walls, Partitiona, and Floors Sponsored by American Houses, Inc.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Forest Products Lab., Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 47,
June 3, 1940,
28 p.
- Keywords
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wood
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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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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 American Houses, Inc., New York, NY submitted 39 specimens representing wood-frame wall, partition, and floor constructons. The wall and load-bearing partition specimens were subjected to compressive, transverse, concentrated, impact, and racking loads; the nonload-bearing partition specimens to concentrated and impact loads; the floor specimens to transverse, concentrated, and impact 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. The deformation under load and the set after the load was removed were measured for uniform increments of load. The results are presented in graphs and in tables.