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Title: Force Transfer around Openings: Phase II

Source: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, Research In Progress RIP-4719-014

Author(s): Forest Products Laboratory

Publication Year: 2012  View PDF »

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Category: Research In Progress

Abstract: The understanding of force transfer around openings (FTAO) is essential to the design of timber buildings that are safe against natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornados, and hurricanes. These disasters occur every year around the world and have resulted in billions of dollars in property damages and many unfortunate casualties (Fig. 1). A joint research project by the APA-The Engineered Wood Association; the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; and the University of British Columbia in 2010 (referred to as Phase I) identified the Diekmann method as the technique that seemed to best match laboratory observations (Fig. 2) and computer model simulations when compared with other methods (such as the drag strut, cantilever beam, and coupled beam techniques). The final Phase I report is available at www.apawood. org/pdfs/download_pdf.cfm?PDFFilename=managed/M410.pdf.

Keywords: force transfer, openings, design, natural disasters

File size: 481 kb(s)

Date posted: 05/18/2012

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