Expansion joints in buildings.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Federal Construction Council. Standing Committee on Structural Engineering.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Building Research Advisory Board.

Series:

Technical report (Federal Construction Council) ; no. 65.

Federal Construction Council. Technical report ; no. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expansion joints--Specifications.

Expansion joints.

Joints (Engineering).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many factors affect the amount of temperature-induced movement that occurs in a building and the extent to which this movement can occur before serious damage develops or extensive maintenance is required. In some cases joints are being omitted where they are needed, creating a risk of structural failures or causing unnecessary operations and maintenance costs. In other cases, expansion joints are being used where they are not required, increasing the initial cost of construction and creating space utilization problems. As of 1974, there were no nationally acceptable procedures for precise determination of the size and the location of expansion joints in buildings. Most designers and federal construction agencies individually adopted and developed guidelines based on experience and rough calculations leading to significant differences in the various guidelines used for locating and sizing expansion joints. In response to this complex problem, Expansion Joints in Buildings: Technical Report No. 65 provides federal agencies with practical procedures for evaluating the need for through-building expansion joints in structural framing systems. The report offers guidelines and criteria to standardize the practice of expansion joints in buildings and decrease problems associated with the misuse of expansions joints. Expansions Joints in Buildings: Technical Report No. 65 also makes notable recommendations concerning expansion, isolation, joints, and the manner in which they permit separate segments of the structural frame to expand and to contract in response to temperature fluctuations without adversely affecting the buildings structural integrity or serviceability.

Contents:

""EXPANSION JOINTS IN BUILDINGS""; ""Copyright""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""I INTRODUCTION""; ""A. PURPOSE OF REPORT""; ""B. SCOPE""; ""C. CONDUCT OF STUDY""; ""D. ORGANIZATION OF REPORT""; ""II RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""A. GENERAL""; ""B. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE NEED FOR EXPANSION JOINTS""; ""C. SUGGESTED PROCEDURES FOR DESIGN OF EXPANSION JOINTS""; ""D. AREAS OF FUTURE RESEARCH""; ""III DISCUSSION ""; ""A. GENERAL""; ""B. DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR EXPANSION JOINTS""; ""C. THE DESIGN OF EXPANSION JOINTS""; ""D. AREAS OF FUTURE RESEARCH""

""APPENDIX A COMPUTER PRINTOUT OF AN ELASTIC ANALYSIS """"APPENDIX B TEMPERATURE DATA ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610246304

9781280246302

1280246308

9780309563758

0309563755