Abstract
The first anniversary of the construction of a temporary and very modest laboratory building, and the appointment of its first laboratory technician, recently passed unnoticed in the School of Architecture, but in fact, was being celebrated by construction of an even more modest extension to house a temperature and humidity controlled room for storage and possible longer term testing of timber and plywood components.
Highlights
The first anniversary of the construction of a temporary and very modest laboratory building, and the appointment of its first laboratory technician, recently passed unnoticed in the School of Architecture, but was being celebrated by contruction of an even more modest extension to house a temperature and humidity controlled room for storage and possible longer term testing of timber and plywood components
Feasibility studies using the results of these tests and those from Pacra and the Canterbury Engineering School are being performed for some building types ranging from domestic to a sixstorey building using double-skin prestressed brickwork (4n) as structural shear walls
A continuing undergraduate test program has started and preliminary investigations have been made into the load-deflection characteristics and overall performance of shear panels constructed from timber framing clad with conventional lining materials such as gibraltar board, hard board, fibrolite
Summary
The first anniversary of the construction of a temporary and very modest laboratory building, and the appointment of its first laboratory technician, recently passed unnoticed in the School of Architecture, but was being celebrated by contruction of an even more modest extension to house a temperature and humidity controlled room for storage and possible longer term testing of timber and plywood components. Some basic test facilities have been established, including a loading frame for panels up to about six feet square. Tests in shear and bending (face loading) have been carried out by a Masters1 candidate on several prestressed, grouted reinforced and unreinforced 4" brick and block work panels as part of an investigation into improving the seismic resistance of brick and masonry components and buildings.
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