GJ Beattie

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Research Report

SR209 Base isolation of plant items in buildings

This study evaluated the available off-the-shelf vibration isolators for their suitability as seismic isolators. The function of a seismic isolator is to reduce the acceleration levels that the equipment will...
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SR208 Optimised wall-to-floor junctions in multi-storey, multi-residential light timber-framed buildings

Many research projects around the globe have considered acoustic, fire and structural solutions for multi-storey light timber-framed buildings. However, most have looked at these aspects in isolation, predominantly at the...
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SR218 Report on a short study tour of houses following the 15 July 2009 Fiordland earthquake

A visit was made by BRANZ to several houses in the Queenstown and Wanaka areas that had been surveyed by EQC damage assessors after the 15 July 2009 Fiordland earthquake.The...
  • Seismic
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SR191 Seismic performance of brick veneer houses: Phase 3 - shake table tests on a concrete brick veneer room

This is the fourth BRANZ investigation of a series looking into the seismic performance of brick veneer. The first two investigations were slow cyclic tests of full-scale veneer specimens where...
  • Seismic
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SR190 Seismic performance of brick veneer houses: Phase 2 - shake table tests on a clay brick veneer specimen

This is the third BRANZ investigation of a series looking into the seismic performance of brick veneer. The first two investigations were slow cyclic tests of full-scale veneer specimens where...
  • Seismic
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SR189 Seismic performance of brick veneer houses: Phase 1 - cyclic and elemental testing

This is the first full-scale investigation of the performance of clay brick veneer houses when subjected to simulated seismic loading.In the 1990s, an investigation was conducted of the out-of-plane performance...
  • Seismic
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SR187 Retrofitting of houses to resist extreme wind events

This is a short report providing a background to the development of the wind loading provisions for light timber-framed (LTF) houses over the decades and indications of the likely deficiencies...
  • Wind
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SR327 Structural performance of houses in the Canterbury earthquake series

This report describes the collection and analysis of survey data on a group of 314 randomly selected houses in Christchurch following the major earthquakes of the Canterbury earthquake series. The...
  • Seismic
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SR79 The vibration performance of timber floors

Product Description This study investigates the applicability of a velocity-based assessment procedure for determining the dynamic suitability of timber floors. A portable procedure has been developed for exciting and measuring...
  • Floor
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SR152 Investigation of the strength and stiffness of dry-bedded masonry ties in various veneer types

This report describes a research investigation that was carried out to determine whether it was possible to achieve satisfactory performance in terms of the performance requirements of the AS/NZS 2699.1:2000...
  • Structural connections
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