Investigating the Behavior of Light-Frame Wood Stud Walls Subjected to Severe Blast Loading
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
An understanding of the behavior of wood stud walls in a region corresponding to hazardous-blowout damage levels is currently lacking. The focus of the current study is on investigating the flexural response of full-scale wood stud walls subjected to pressure-impulse combinations that would yield severe damage levels. Static material properties were determined and used as input in an analytical model that considers the nonlinear behavior of stud-to-sheathing joints, as well as high strain-rate effects. Experimental results showed that premature sheathing failure could occur prior to full flexural stud response, and that sheathing panel debris could be generated. The use of thicker sheathing and screws shifted the failures to the studs, while decreasing the amount of debris. Welded wire mesh was successfully used as a reinforcement of the sheathing or as a catcher system while maintaining the residual axial capacity of the studs. A single-degree-of-freedom material-predictive model was successfully validated using the experimental test results.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Oct 15, 2015
Accepted: Jun 8, 2016
Published online: Jul 19, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 19, 2016
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