The development of an improved compression test method for wall panels
Abstract
Panels were tested to failure under either of two different eccentricities of load, while being supported with one of two types of idealized end conditions. A computer-aided analytical study of the variables affecting the degree of uniformity of loading was conducted. Equations based on the analogy of beams supported on elastic foundations were used in the analysis. A compression test method applicable to traditional and innovative wall constructions is presented. The principal additions in the revised test method are as follows: (1) a provision for variable eccentricity, and (2) a procedure for selecting a load distribution assembly which will be compatible with the test panel.
- Publication:
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Final Report National Bureau of Standards
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979nbs..reptQ....Y
- Keywords:
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- Compression Tests;
- Panels;
- Walls;
- Computer Programs;
- Failure Analysis;
- Loads (Forces);
- Engineering (General)