WoodSolutions Demonstration Model

Station 3


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At this station you can see the outside face of the staggered stud wall. While you can see several elements discussed in station 1, here you can also note the face connector plates typically used on walls located at the slab edge. The longer steel plate on the left-hand side is designed to function in tension, and as such has been installed near the corner of the wall panel. In contrast to this, the shorter, wider steel plate on the right-hand side has been designed to function in shear and is therefore located closer to the centre of the panel. There are typically several of these plates used on every panel, with tension connectors at each corner and shear plates spaced at specified centres. Note that each of these plates has been bolted to the grey concrete slab with a concrete anchor and has been connected to the timber element with nails.

As identified earlier, this panel also features a bracing lining of OSB to laterally restrain the studs, and the fire protective linings required to achieve the required FRL.

This external face has also been treated as an external wall, and as such features a vapour permeable membrane. Note that if built, this would still require protection from rain and weather as provided by any of the rainscreen systems demonstrated on this structure.

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WoodSolutions Demonstration ModelBy Adam Jones