"Strength of Houses: Application of Engineering Principles to Structural Design" (National Bureau of Standards Building Materials and Structures Report No. 109), 1948-04-01

Document Type: Book (Technical)

Authority: Government Civil

Purpose: Authoritative reference.

Scope (from Preface): "This report is an attempt to apply engineering methods to the design of houses for strength. Fundamental data for wind, snow, and floor loads have been reviewed and convenient methods developed for computing applied loads.

The engineering approach to strength of houses described in this report, it is thought, will open the way for designers to introduce unconventional materials and unusual methods of fabrication by determining in the laboratory whether constructions have the necessary strengths, thus greatly shortening the time required to develop and obtain acceptance of new constructions for houses."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Foreword I. Introduction II. Outline for Method to Determine Strength of Houses III. Dead load IV. Floor load V. Wind load VI. Snow load VII. Water load VIII. Assumptions IX. Conventions X. Reactions on elements of house XI. Roof XII. Hip and valley rafters XIII. Walls XIV. Partitions XV. Floors XVI. Weights of home construction XVII. Variations in strength of house constructions XVIII. Allowable loads on house constructions XIX. Comparison of allowable loads with design loads for typical houses XX. Conclusions XXI. Selected references List of BMS Reports