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Abstract
Wood frame houses suffer widespread losses in high wind. Improvements in construction techniques and practices can greatly reduce wind damage to such buildings. The most serious problem contributing to wind damage in wood frame houses is inadequate tie down of roofs. Research needs include the development of better methodologies to analyze the response of wood-frame houses, especially the response of joints, full-scale testing of wood-frame houses, testing of dissected joints, improved understanding of wind loads and post-disaster focused on individual houses.
Wood frame houses suffer widespread losses in high wind. Improvements in construction techniques and practices can greatly reduce wind damage to such buildings. The most serious problem contributing to wind damage in wood frame houses is inadequate tie down of roofs. Research needs include the development of better methodologies to analyze the response of wood-frame houses, especially the response of joints, full-scale testing of wood-frame houses, testing of dissected joints, improved understanding of wind loads and post-disaster focused on individual houses.
Date
4/1989
4/1989
Author(s)
Henry Liu; Herbert Saffir; Peter Sparks
Henry Liu; Herbert Saffir; Peter Sparks
Page(s)
57-70
57-70
Keyword(s)
wind damage; frame house; wind load
wind damage; frame house; wind load