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Manufactured Home Testing in Simulated and Naturally Occurring High Winds. WCTE 2006.

DE2007911197

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	Richins, W. D.; Larson, T. K.; Lacy, J. M.; Kobbe, R. G.
Page Count	9
Abstract	A typical double-wide manufactured home was tested in simulated and naturally occurring high winds to understand structural behavior and improve performance during severe windstorms. Seven lateral load tests were conducted on a double-wide manufactured home at a remote field test site in Wyoming. An extensive instrumentation package monitored the overall behavior of the home and collected data vital to validating computational software for the manufactured housing industry. The tests were designed to approach the design load of the home without causing structural damage, thus allowing the behavior of the home to be accessed when the home was later exposed to high winds (to 80-mph). The data generally show near-linear initial system response with significant non-linear behavior as the applied loads increase. Load transfer across the marriage line is primarily compression. Racking, while present, is very small. Interface slip and shear displacement along the marriage line are nearly insignificant. Horizontal global displacements reached 0.6 inch. These tests were designed primarily to collect data necessary to calibrate a desktop analysis and design software tool, MHTool, under development at the Idaho National Laboratory specifically for manufactured housing. Currently available analysis tools are, for the most part, based on methods developed for 'stick built' structures and are inappropriate for manufactured homes.
Keywords	Prefabricated buildings Mobile homes Wind loads Structural analysis Building codes Design Hurricanes Damage assessment Performance evaluation Testing Computer programs
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200801

Manufactured Home Testing in Simulated and Naturally Occurring High Winds. WCTE 2006.

Manufactured Home Testing in Simulated and Naturally Occurring High Winds. WCTE 2006.
DE2007911197

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	Richins, W. D.; Larson, T. K.; Lacy, J. M.; Kobbe, R. G.
Page Count	9
Abstract	A typical double-wide manufactured home was tested in simulated and naturally occurring high winds to understand structural behavior and improve performance during severe windstorms. Seven lateral load tests were conducted on a double-wide manufactured home at a remote field test site in Wyoming. An extensive instrumentation package monitored the overall behavior of the home and collected data vital to validating computational software for the manufactured housing industry. The tests were designed to approach the design load of the home without causing structural damage, thus allowing the behavior of the home to be accessed when the home was later exposed to high winds (to 80-mph). The data generally show near-linear initial system response with significant non-linear behavior as the applied loads increase. Load transfer across the marriage line is primarily compression. Racking, while present, is very small. Interface slip and shear displacement along the marriage line are nearly insignificant. Horizontal global displacements reached 0.6 inch. These tests were designed primarily to collect data necessary to calibrate a desktop analysis and design software tool, MHTool, under development at the Idaho National Laboratory specifically for manufactured housing. Currently available analysis tools are, for the most part, based on methods developed for 'stick built' structures and are inappropriate for manufactured homes.
Keywords	Prefabricated buildings Mobile homes Wind loads Structural analysis Building codes Design Hurricanes Damage assessment Performance evaluation Testing Computer programs
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200801