Abstract: Wood‐frame buildings have generally performed well when subjected to extreme wind, seismic, or snow loads. Some of this performance is attributed to the material characteristics of the wood itself and some to the redundance ...

Abstract: Current methods used in the design of nailed connections do not directly relate to the types of joints found in manufactured housing. These methods do not account for the construction practices used today, such as power ...

Abstract: Current design assumptions for diaphragms assume support conditions which are either simple span or fully continuous. The building codes require a design based on the highest values for moment and shear obtained under ...

Abstract: Design values for bolted timber joints are empirically based on research conducted over 50 years ago. The analytical and experimental results of this study confirm that the previous recommendations are still valid. The ...

Abstract: As part of a parent study of possible environmental effects on the long‐term load‐carrying performance of structural lumber, the material characteristics of a lumber sample are evaluated in several hygrothermal states. The ...

Abstract: An existing four‐element viscoelastic model is used to model the creep response of lumber as a function of load and is modified to account for thermal and moisture effects, including mechanosorptive effects (i.e., the ...

Abstract: A critical strain‐energy‐density failure criterion is introduced to describe the load‐duration (creep‐rupture) behavior of structural lumber. From extensive ramp, constant, and step‐constant load tests in various constant ...

Abstract: The nonlinear performance of a shear wall building can often only be described by full-scale testing or nonlinear analysis. Full-scale tests are time consuming and expensive; nonlinear analysis often is mathematically ...

Abstract: Standard methods of testing the racking capacity of light‐frame walls are inefficient and may give erroneous estimates of shear wall performance. This study is concerned with improving the data base for racking resistance ...