SEDL / STP / STP210-EB / STP39274S

Rigidity and Strength of Houses Built of Plywood Stressed-Cover Panels

Luxford, RF
Engineer, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Korest Service U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Madison, Wis.

Erickson, ECO
Engineer, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Korest Service U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Madison, Wis.

Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1957

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Abstract

Some years ago the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory pioneered in the use of stressed-cover panels for walls, roofs, and floors of prefabricated houses. Basically, a stressed-cover panel consists of an inner structural framework with a facing glued to each side to form what is virtually a box girder.