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- Title
- Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Timber Diaphragms Subject to Earthquake Loads. Final Summary Report.
- File
- PB88128764.pdf
- Author(s)
- Zagajeski, S. W.; Halvorsen, G. T.; GangaRao, H. V. S.; Luttrell, L. D.; Jewell, R. B.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., December 1984, 94 p.
- Abstract
- The principal objective of the report is to summarize a research investigation into the in-plane shear response of plywood timber floor diaphragms. The in-plane shear force-deformation behavior of several full-scale 16 by 24 and 16 by 16-ft plywood-sheathed timber diaphragms in response to dynamic, and monotonic and cyclic static loading was evaluated. A mathematical model was developed to describe plywood-to-joist interaction. The principal objective of the experimental phase of the second stage of the investigation was to determine how timber diaphragm details influence behavior in response to large, in-plane shear deformations.
- Keywords
- ; Seismic design; Floors; Mathematical models; Shear properties; Wooden structures; Earthquake engineering; Structural timber; Plywood; Loads (Forces); Dynamic structural analysis