The data .csv files are located in Plywood Tests and OSB Tests folders. Each folder contains 10 test of a wood frame
model that is supposed to represent what an actual wall built in practice would be built as. Each specimen was tested
to failure. This was done to determine a statistical failure capacity of sheathing panel. Two types of sheathing panels
were examined because these are the two types of sheathing panels used in residential construction. These two panels
were compared to see if there was a difference in failure capacity between the two types. There was no statistical
significance between the two types of panel, therefore we combined the results of the 20 tests as one group. The mean
failure capacity was determined to be 4.21 kPa (88 psf). Fragility functions were made using a Monte Carlo Simulation
to compare the probability of a was sheathing panel vs. a roof sheathing panel.
Experiment | Testing the Wind Resistance of Wall Sheathing Panels Used in Wood-Framed Low-Rise Residential Construction
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Lopez, J., D. Roueche, D. Prevatt (2019). "Testing the Wind Resistance of Wall Sheathing Panels Used in Wood-Framed Low-Rise Residential Construction", in CAREER Tornado Resiliance Structural Retrofit for Sustainable Housing Communities. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-fpg9-1w85
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Facility
Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel - University of Florida
Experiment Type
Wind
Equipment Type
Spatiotemporal Pressure Loading Actuator (SPLA)
Date of Experiment
2017-04-21 ― 2017-05-09
Date Published
2019-12-24
DOI
10.17603/ds2-fpg9-1w85
License
Open Data Commons Attribution
Description:
The goal of this experiment was to determine the out-of-plane capacity of wood sheathing panels that are attached to a wood framed wall. The specimens were 4' x 8' wood sheathing panels and they were tested using a step-and-hold monotonic pressure trace. This data-set provides the experimental data from the experiments performed on both plywood and OSB sheathing panels. The experiment consisted of 10 plywood and 10 OSB experiments on a similarly constructed wood frame model that is supposed to represent an actual wall built in practice. Each specimen was tested to failure. This was done to determine a statistical failure capacity of the sheathing panels. Two types of sheathing panels were examined because these are two types of sheathing panels typically used in residential construction. These two panels were compared to determine if there was a difference in failure capacity between the two panel types. There was no statistical significance found between the failure capacity of the two types of panels, therefore the results of the 20 tests were combined as one group. The mean failure capacity was determined to be 4.21 kPa (88 psf). Fragility functions were made using a Monte Carlo Simulation to compare the probability of failure a wall sheathing panel vs. a roof sheathing panel.
There is a single model configuration. The model was built to replicate an actual wall that is found in a residential wood frame house. There were two types of sheathing panels tested. Plywood and OSB sheathing panels. These types of panels are typically found in residential structures and we wanted to determine if the failure capacity was significantly difference. There was no statistical significance between the failure capacities of the two types of panels therefore the panels were treated as a single group.
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Sensor Information | Pressure and Displacement Sensors