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3. George
Toter
Enginber
19 Hillaise Ave,
Canbridge M
December 24, 1942
hass
Mere. Sonrad
Balter Groptor
1410 Hasa sobosette Arease
Center 14ge, Manohuette.
Gentlement
In socordance with your instructions I have lopatiented
the strength and other related structural properties of
the ocepound bese sections courring in the floor syntes
of the Packages Honee bystent, these bees are formed
by joining the long ages of the floor panele; in
as the panels are a wide by 10-0 lang, he oslouls
tions have beer bened on 10 7t, apan andaping of
2-4 0.0. The dend load had been taken at 31/2 ibe: per
.ft. Thase besas have anotions approxiesting cross
In shape the four sombers of ench cross are fastened to
each other by means of commotors, of which there are
three sech an. three section, sabien on the
attsobed onleulation sheets, are analyst,
The following results were found
the bending strese in no one
per aq.tn., indtoating angle strength.
enda 850 lbs.
b) the ealesinted defelection based on 1,200,000
156. per in, for the modulus of elasticity) le bout
Limon which indiontes satisfactory stiffness and rigidity:
this figure oonpares favorecly with the yeus
of 1/340 of the apso for the animis de fiestion.
petrication
o) If these compound motions are to sose & S
11 in eccenry for their connections to each other to
offer safe resistance to longitatinal ahear, Innner
steller to the ringe rirete in a plate girder. In this case
this rewiatasoe will be furnished by the oceators and
possibly by triation along the beveled warfsons at the
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genter of the cross. I cannot find any reasonable
wethod of analysis which would indigate the amount of
this resistance; in other words, a loni teat is the only
es of certaining the strength of such weations, be
pause should they prove to be incapable of resisting the
longitudinal ahenr, they will not not wo will and the
dolusions in paragraphe a) and 5) will not apply. Bo
ever, in aussonse, the ready would be eispls enough
the bottos Aceber of the orces would carry the entire
lonte would have to be equivalent in strength to a
Ca
There is another slesent on which a lond test would throw
some light. The floor boards, which ras parallel to the
length of the panels are supported by transverne 301ste
joista
(2.4-20° 0.0.); these. In turn, rest on the horizon
M sombers of the tross. In this Teahion the floor
Ioads are pot applied directly to the principal len
earrying element of the bessa. This tendency to twist of
the horleostal parts of the orens 1a patated however by
end places of the panel as well as the onstar
eross piece; these three pieces are tenoned Isto the side
members and in my opinion would offer considerable re-
sistance, uffioinns so prevent any appreciable sovesent
the
in the horteestal nesiers of the oross,
I trust that the above has given you the desired tefer-
antion,
Very truly yours,
J.Georges Peter
20115
SECTIONALIZED CONSTRUCTION
FOR TEMPORARY DWELLING UNITS
NATIONAL HOUSING AGENCY
FEDERAL PUBLIC HOUSING, AUTHORITY
TYPE TOU-1
THE PACKAGED HOUSE SYSTEM
BY KONRAD WACHSHAINHALTEE GROUS
GENERAL PANEL CORPORATION
GO JOHN STREET, NEW YORK Cciaty
JANUARY 9TH, 1948
97.86
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