| Brochures |
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Publications Brochure (6 pages, 468KB PDF) |
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Professional Membership Brochure (2 pages, 205KB PDF) |
| High
Wind Guides |
| WFCM
High Wind Guide - 90 mph - Exposure B (32 pages) October
2006 |
| WFCM
High Wind Guide - 100 mph - Exposure B (32 pages) October
2006 |
| WFCM
High Wind Guide - 110 mph - Exposure B (32 pages) October
2006 |
| WFCM
High Wind Guide - 120 mph - Exposure B (32 pages) October
2006 |
| WFCM
High Wind Guide - 130 mph - Exposure B (32 pages) October
2006 |
| Wood
Construction Data (WCD) Series |
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| Technical
Report (TR) Series |
| TR
5 (Legacy 1965) - The Wood Frame House as a Structural
Unit (28 pages, 3.9 MB PDF) |
| TR
7 - formerly titled The Permanent Wood Foundation System
- Basic Requirements has been replaced with a new standard: ANSI
/ AF&PA PWF-2007 - Permanent Wood Foundation Design Specification |
| TR
8 (Legacy 1975) - Energy Conservation Study - A Performance
Comparison of a Wood-Frame and a Masonry Structure (16
pages, 2.0 MB, PDF) |
| TR
9 (Legacy 1989) - Heat Release Rates of Construction Assemblies (28
pages, 1.1 MB, PDF) |
| Appendix
to TR9 (Legacy 1987) - Fire Performance Characteristics
of Protected Wood and Steel Floor-Ceiling Assemblies (24
pages, 7.4 MB PDF) |
| TR
10 - Calculating the Fire Resistance of Exposed Wood Members (55
pages, 740KB PDF) January 2003 |
| TR
12 - General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection
Values (24 pages, 413KB PDF) June 1999 |
| TR
14 - Designing for Lateral-Torsional Stability in Wood
Members (43 pages, 496KB PDF) November 2003 |
| Design
Aid (DA) Series |
| DA
1 - Application of Technical Report 12 for Lag Screw Connections (14
pages, 22 KB PDF) February 2007 |
| DA
2 - Toenail Connections (4
pages 103KB PDF) February 2007 |
| DA
4 - Post Frame Rink Shank Nails (6
pages 156 KB PDF) April 2007 |
| DA
5 - Inscribed versus Separate Structures in the WFCM (6
pages 125 KB PDF) April 2007 |
| DA
6 - Beam
Design Formulas with Shear and Moment Diagrams (20
pages 464 KB PDF) November
2007 |
| DA
8 - Interior Shear Walls (5
pages 85 KB PDF)
November 2007 |
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| Design
for Code Acceptance (DCA) Series |
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| Code
Conforming Wood Design (CCWD) Series |
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| Lateral
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Perforated
Shearwalls
Wind
Seismic |
| Perforated
Shearwall Design Approach (17 pages, PDF, 63
KB) December 1994 |
| Perforated
Shearwall Design Method (5 pages PDF, 114 KB)
October 1996 |
| Perforated
Shearwall Design (9 pages PDF, 57 KB) April 2000 |
| Perforated
Shearwall Design (9 pages PDF, 666 KB) June 2002 |
| Considerations
in Wind Design of Wood Structures (9 pages PDF,
111 KB) October 2003 |
| An
Overview of the 2001 ANSI/AF&PA Wood Frame Construction
Manual for One- and Two- Family Dwellings (5
pages PDF, 603 KB) September 2003 |
| Seismic
Requirements for Wood Building Design - Recent Changes
to ASCE 7 and IBC (3 pages, PDF, 66 KB) April
2006 |
| 2005
Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) (3
pages, PDF, 75 KB) April 2006 |
| Benchmarking
Seismic Base Shear to Historical Practice (5
pages, PDF, 94 KB) April 2006 |
| Seismic
Equivalence Parameters for Engineered Woodframe Wood
Structural Panel Shear Walls (7 pages, PDF, 133
KB) August 2008 NEW! |
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| Snow |
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Snow
Provisions in ASCE 7-05 (8 pages PDF, 203 KB) June
2006 |
| Connections |
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Is
Your Wood Connection All Stressed Out? - It Needn't Be
(Appendix E Provisions) (6 pages PDF, 807 KB) December
2002 |
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Timber
Rivet Connections - The Design Process Revealed (25
pages PDF, 683 KB) November 2007 |
| Fire |
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Addition
of Generic, Tested Fire Assemblies in the 2001 ASD Guideline
for Wood I-Joists (3 pages PDF, 1340 KB) December 2002 |
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Calculating
the Superimposed Load on Wood-Frame Walls for ASTM E119 Standard
Fire-Endurance Tests (4 pages PDF, 147 KB) September 2008 NEW! |
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| Technical
Articles and Papers by Others |
| Shear
Walls |
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| Connections |
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| Floor
Vibration |
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| Outdoor
Decks, Balconies, Porches |
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