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Behaviour of Light-frame Wood Stud Walls Subjected to Blast Loading

2013
Deliberate and accidental explosions along with the heightened risk of loss of life and property damage during such events have highlighted the need for research in the behaviour of materials under high strain rates. Where an extensive body of research is available on steel and concrete structures, little to no details on how to address the design or ...
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Multi-axis treatment of typical light-frame wood roof-to-wall metal connectors in design

Engineering Structures, 2011
Abstract Proper selection of metal roof-to-wall connectors is needed to provide a cost-effective load path to transfer uplift loads on a roof system down to the supporting walls and transfer lateral loads into and out of the roof diaphragm of light frame wood structures.
Bagyalakshmi Shanmugam, Bryant G. Nielson, Scott D. Schiff   +2 more
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Behavior of Light-Framed Wood Roof-to-Wall Connectors Using Aged Lumber and Multiple Connection Mechanisms

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2012
Ensuring a complete load path in light-framed wood structures is critical in providing proper load transfer during wind and seismic events. Roof-to-wall metal-connectors are often used to accomplish this goal. Currently, the design and construction community utilizes published metal connector capacities found in manufacturer documentation or other ...
William C. Edmonson, Scott D. Schiff, Bryant G. Nielson   +2 more
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Study of Deflection of Single and Multi-Storey Light Frame Wood Shear Walls

2018
The behavior of wood shear walls has been the focus of researchers and engineers for many years due to their availability in the North American construction landscape. A review of the established literature showed that most of the research have focused on the shear wall behavior as a whole with no investigation specifically targeting the individual ...
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Structural Behavior of Wood Light-Frame Wall Segments Subjected to In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Forces

Journal of Structural Engineering, 2010
The tests were performed on 2.44 m by 2.44 m light-frame wall segments, having oriented strand-board sheathing nailed to sawn lumber framing, to determine their structural response to in-plane and out-of-plane forces applied separately or in combination.
Michael Winkel, Ian Smith
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Investigation of Dynamic Increase Factors in Light-Frame Wood Stud Walls Subjected to Out-of-Plane Blast Loading

Journal of Structural Engineering, 2015
Abstract The results of an experimental program investigating the dynamic increase factors of light-frame wood stud walls under blast loading are presented in this paper. A total of 20 walls with two different sheathing types and thicknesses were tested to failure under static and dynamic loading. The study found that the observed failure mode for both
D. N. Lacroix, G. Doudak
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LATERAL PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT-FRAME WOOD SHEAR WALLS WITH OVERSIZED WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS

This study investigates improvements to lateral performance of light-frame wood shear walls using oversized sheathing panels with different nail configurations and edge spacings. The effect of using oversized wood structural panels has been evaluated by numerical finite element analysis and validated by series of experimental tests in isolated wood ...
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Performance of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tapes In Wood Light-Frame Shear Walls

2014
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Investigating the Response of Light-Frame Wood Stud Walls with and Without Boundary Connections to Blast Loads

2015
Most of the research on high strain rate effects on wood since the 1950s has been on impact loading. Very limited work has been conducted on full-scale wood specimens under blast loading. In North America, the prevalence of these structures makes them susceptible to unintended blast effects.
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INHERENT DAMPING ENERGY DISSIPATION IN LIGHT FRAME WOOD SHEAR WALL STRUCTURES AND ITS EFFECTS

When structures respond to earthquakes, there are two primary sources of energy dissipation; hysteretic energy in the main structural components, which is modeled explicitly, and inherent damping, which includes all other sources of energy dissipation that occur and are not explicitly modeled.
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