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Effect of Overdriven-Nail-Depth Combinations on Wood Shear Wall Strength

Wood shear walls using nailed sheathing panels and wood framing form an important lateral force resisting system in many residential and commercial structures. Improperly driven overdriven nails are significant because wood shear wall strength may be reduced from 5 to 22%, depending on the depth the nails are overdriven. This...

Tags: Construction, Wall, Brigham Young University

White papers 2004-05-01

Analytical Modeling of Nailed Sheathing: Connections in Wood Shear Walls

This paper proposes an improved analytical model for nailed connections between sheathing and framing in wood shear walls. The proposed connector model is capable of both monotonic and cyclic analysis may be implemented in a general-purpose finite element program or in a specialized structural analysis program, and the overall response...

Tags: Brigham Young University, Modeling, Wall, Construction

White papers 2004-03-09

Hysteresis Model Parameters for Nailed Sheathing Connections in Wood Shear Walls

Wood shear walls provide the primary lateral resistance in many residential and commercial structures. The overall strength and behavior of a shear wall is determined by the individual behavior of the nailed sheathing connections. The objective of this paper is to quantify the effects of loading, unloading, pinching, and strength...

Tags: Wall, Construction, Brigham Young University

White papers 2004-03-09

Hysteresis Models for Nailed Sheathing-to-Framing Connections in Wood Shear Walls and Diaphragms

This paper discusses the hysteresis models for nailed wood shear walls and diaphragms. For comparison, the dynamic response of a 2.44 X 2.44 m wood shear wall is predicted using the Clough, Q-hyst, and modified Stewart hysteresis models. The results indicate that parameters describing strength degradation, stiffness degradation, and pinching...

Tags: Brigham Young University, Degradation, Wall, Construction

White papers 2004-03-02

Implementation of an Oriented Sheathing-To-Framing Connector Model Into Cashew

This paper presents the implementation of the oriented sheathing-to-framing connector model into software called CASHEW. In a oriented connector model each nailed connection is represented using two nonlinear springs that are oriented using the initial linear deformation trajectory of the connection. As a result, connection stiffness is not overestimated, the...

Tags: Construction, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, CASHEW Program, Connector, Brigham Young University

White papers 2004-03-02

Finite Element Analysis of Wood Shear Walls and Diaphragms Using ABAQUS

Wood shear walls and diaphragms are used in a variety of structures to resist lateral forces. Both residential and commercial structures often employ a system 'of horizontal wood diaphragms and vertical wood shear walls to resist lateral forces generated during earthquakes and strong winds. This paper presents finite element analysis...

Tags: Brigham Young University, Abaqus, Analysis, Wall, Analysis Method, Construction

White papers 2003-07-23

Nonlinear Wood Diaphragm and Shear Wall Analysis

This paper presents a nonlinear analysis of wood diaphragms and shear walls using commercial finite-element software. Impracticalities associated with using non-commercial, or research, finite-element software are avoided by adopting an analysis method that is, essentially, independent of the software used. In this method, sheathing-to-framing connections are represented using a pair...

Tags: Brigham Young University, Software, Wall, Analysis, Construction, Analysis Method

White papers 2002-06-17

FRP-Wood Nailed Joints

Wood structures - the most common type of residential construction in North America - use a system of plywood shear walls and roof diaphragms to resist lateral forces induced by wind or seismic motion. In addition, wood roof diaphragms are used widely in industrial construction, such as warehouses. This paper...

Tags: Networking, Brigham Young University, Joint, Network Technology, Construction, Fiber, Wall

White papers 2000-12-28

Monotonic Response of Fiberglass Panels Fastened to Wood Framing

Resistance to lateral forces in wood structures is provided by horizontal diaphragms within the floor or roof and vertical diaphragms, or walls. Diaphragms typically consist of wood members, fastened to a sheathing material, forming a structural rib. This system allows the separate wood members to function together with the sheathing...

Tags: Brigham Young University, Member, Construction

White papers 2000-12-28

Additional Resources

Olympian risk

No athlete pulled out of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Utah because of bad air quality. The government didn't order vehicles removed from the road. Factories didn't close and construction work didn't stop. That's all happening in Beijing, where the city's deputy director of its Environmental...

Articles 2008-08-04

Search will continue for man missing in lake

PROVO -- A 25-year-old man who is presumed drowned in Utah Lake inspired and instructed fellow amputation survivors with his YouTube videos. Under the screen name "captaindanger384," Craig Decker of West Jordan posted four tutorials on the popular video-sharing Web site to teach...

Articles 2008-07-08

People on the move

-- Jennifer Hurst and Steve Hextell have joined Red Ledges as vice presidents. Hurst is vice president of marketing. She has more than 15 years of experience in marketing and communications, most recently as the marketing director for another company. Hextell is vice president of sales....

Articles 2008-07-06

Freedom Festival boosts county revenue

PROVO -- From Salt Lake City to Louisiana, Miley Cyrus' upcoming performance at Stadium of Fire will draw tens of thousands of people, adding to the annual influx that America's Freedom Festival at Provo brings to Utah County. People venturing to Utah County...

Articles 2008-07-04

UVUphoria: Name change won't alter focus on serving community

OREM -- If it weren't for the absence of a casserole dish of green Jell-O and the presence of a Deseret News reporter, copiously taking notes, it would have been easy to confuse the gathering at Harold Park's Orem home last week for a full-on, three-generation...

Articles 2008-06-30

MormonTimes.com: BYU student engineers tour Chinese Olympic venues

The 2008 Summer Olympics and the booming Chinese economy have created a frantic pace of construction in China. That provided a perfect laboratory for 18 Brigham Young University civil engineering students earlier this month to study megastructures -- super-tall skyscrapers, extra-long bridges and giant arenas. ...

Articles 2008-06-27

Parkway may get rapid bus line

OREM -- Anyone who has driven along University Parkway in Provo and Orem during rush hour knows the cities are approaching a transportation meltdown. Recognizing that, the Mountainland Association of Governments, the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Transit Authority have been...

Articles 2008-06-23

People on the move

-- Karen Smith has been appointed as the new president of Eagle Gate College's Layton campus. Smith has nearly 20 years of experience in higher education. She previously was director of Columbia College's Salt Lake City campus, and her career also includes time at the University...

Articles 2008-06-22

People on the move

-- Scott Rocke, Craig Ahrens, Dannie Green and Leslie Morton have been named to new positions at Psomas. Rocke has been named principal. He is an engineer with 20 years of experience in land development engineering. He is the vice president of land development in the...

Articles 2008-06-15

MormonTimes.com: BYU-Idaho is changing general education program

REXBURG, Idaho -- The final phase of building construction on the Brigham Young University-Idaho campus is well under way. But in the meantime, the school's foundation is being put into place -- at least in the academic sense. This fall, BYU-Idaho will implement...

Articles 2008-06-12

Eatery needs a little help from its friends

The Chavez family, which has run Rafael's Mexican restaurant in Sandy for 28 years, is turning to customers and friends to help get the new restaurant open at 9103 S. Village Shop Drive (about 1000 East). It's an investment, with dividends coming in...

Articles 2008-06-11