Expansion Joints in Buildings - Technical Report No. 65 (Paperback)

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. Table of Contents Front Matter I. Introduction II. Recommendations III. Discussion Appendix A: Computer Printout of an Elastic Analysis Appendix B: Temperature Data

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1974
Authors:	National Research Council • Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences • Federal Facilities Council • Building Research Advisory Board • Standing Committee on Structural Engineering of the Federal Construction Council
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	52
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-02233-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > General
LSN:	0-309-02233-9
Barcode:	9780309022330

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