Landslides are frequent in the steep forested regions of the Oregon
and Washington coastal mountain ranges. The need for forest products
has resulted in increasing logging activity in these marginally stable
areas. The occurrence of landslides has increased, which in turn has
focused greater interest in slope stability management.
Of...
Because of increasing competition from non-wood building
materials, efforts are being made to improve the design of stud walls.
The objective of this study is to develop and verify a theoretical
method and computer program that will predict the end fixity in stud
walls because of the sheathing being attached...