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Standard Testing Approach

Let’s assume that you desire to understand the performance of a new shear wall. Our facility can take you through product development in a common sense yet sophisticated manner assessing in situ performance as follows:

Step 1 –	Your shear wall is tested vertically to traditional industry standards monotonically (ASTM E 564) or cyclically (ASTM E 2126).
Step 2 –	Your shear wall is then placed in a real 16-foot wide x 30-foot long structure that includes 4 walls and a roof. (See figures 1 and 2.)
Step 3 –	Your shear wall is tested monotonically and/or cyclically or both, parallel with and perpendicular to the roof trusses.
Step 4 –	Your shear wall’s real life performance is compared to the ASTM performance. Calibration is performed and design values are created that have relevance to real-world applications.

Figure 1	Figure 2

Now, your future product development and comparative performance becomes far easier!

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