- Author
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Peck, M. F.
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Hoback, W. G.
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Phelan, V. B.
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Winslow, C. P.
- Title
- Structural Properties of "PHC" Prefabricated Wood-Frame Constructions for Walls, Floors, and Roofs Sponsored by the PHC Housing Corporation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Forest Products Lab., Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 90,
August 18, 1942,
36 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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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 PHC Housing Corporation submitted 33 specimens representing "PHC" prefabricated wood-frame constructions for walls, floors, and roofs. The wall specimens were subjected 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 the loads, three like specimens were tested; the concentrated loads were applied to the same specimens as eigher the transverse or the impact loads. The loads simulated the loads to which the elements of a house are subjected in actual services. The deformation under load and the set after the load was removed were measured for each increment of load. The results are presented in graphs and tables.