Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Nails and spikes"

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The effect of biological deterioration on the performance of nailed oriented strand board sheathing to Douglas-fir framing member connections

Kent, Scott M. (2004-02-25)

Service life prediction models for light-framed wood structures require an extensive quantity of empirical data on deterioration pathologies for the numerous structural components, as well as mechanistic approaches to de ...
Inelastic stiffness moduli for nail joints between wood studs and plywood sheathing

Loferski, Joseph R. (1980-06-06)

Defining the inelastic behavior of nail joints is essential in the development of a rational design procedure of wood-stud walls. Prediction equations were developed for the inelastic behavior of joints commonly found ...