TY - GEN
T1 - Performance of bracing panel wall segments utilizing wood plastic composite sill plates
AU - Du Chateau, Kristin
AU - Dolan, J. Daniel
AU - Wolcott, Michael
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - An investigation into the methods of potentially improving the performance of light-frame shear walls was undertaken as part of a larger project for the United States Office of Naval Research. The goals of the project were to increase the durability, strength, and stiffness performance of light-frame shear walls by directly substituting wood-plastic composite members for the traditional dimensional lumber sill plate. The study included connection design as well as proof of concept cyclic racking tests of full-scale wall specimens. The results were that changing the sill plate form and the connections between the studs and the sill plate, increases the lateral capacity of the wall by a factor of 3, increases the "toughness" of the wall, and minimizes the potential for decay.
AB - An investigation into the methods of potentially improving the performance of light-frame shear walls was undertaken as part of a larger project for the United States Office of Naval Research. The goals of the project were to increase the durability, strength, and stiffness performance of light-frame shear walls by directly substituting wood-plastic composite members for the traditional dimensional lumber sill plate. The study included connection design as well as proof of concept cyclic racking tests of full-scale wall specimens. The results were that changing the sill plate form and the connections between the studs and the sill plate, increases the lateral capacity of the wall by a factor of 3, increases the "toughness" of the wall, and minimizes the potential for decay.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870006956
SN - 9781622762859
T3 - 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2006, WCTE 2006
SP - 1178
EP - 1185
BT - 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2006, WCTE 2006
T2 - 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2006, WCTE 2006
Y2 - 6 August 2006 through 10 August 2006
ER -