Behavior of a One-Sixth Scale Wood-Framed Residential Structure under Wave Loading
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 23, Issue 5
Abstract
The goal of this study was to develop an understanding of the nature of wave loading on a wood-framed scale residential building model for a variety of building configurations and test conditions. Testing was performed on a 1/6th scale two-story wood-framed residential structure. The structure was impacted with waves and tested in both flooded and nonflooded conditions. The measured forces were mainly uplift forces due to wave loading, and resulting overturning moments. The qualitative analysis of the data showed that differences in structural stiffness throughout the structure will cause a different load distribution in the structure, e.g., overhanging eaves above the garage can provide unanticipated loading conditions, water traveling beneath the structure generates predominantly uplift forces, and the effect of waves breaking on or near the structure greatly increases the loading. The ratio of force from the windows closed condition to the windows open condition is approximately 2.5:1.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. NSFCMMI-0530759 (NEES Research) and NSFCMMI-0402490 (NEES Operations). This support is gratefully acknowledged. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors are also grateful to the PBTE NEESR Hireef Project Group (from Hawaii) and the NEES@OSU site personnel for their cooperation and assistance, respectively. The research was also supported, in part, by the Forest Research Laboratory General Funds and Center for Wood Utilization Special Research Grant funds available through the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University. In addition, prefabrication of the structural models was performed by Mr. Doug Allen, an undergraduate research assistant at Colorado State University. His skill and participation on the project is acknowledged. The writers also thank Dr. Dan Cox, Director, O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, for providing help during the experimental phase of the project and in preparation of this manuscript.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 23 • Issue 5 • October 2009
Pages: 336 - 345
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Dec 3, 2008
Accepted: Mar 21, 2009
Published online: Mar 28, 2009
Published in print: Oct 2009
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