Literature Review on Seismic Performance of Building Cladding Systems.
Literature Review on Seismic Performance of Building
Cladding Systems.
(13377 K)
Cladding Research Institute
NIST GCR 95-681; 179 p. February 1995.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB96-106901
Keywords:
cladding; literature reviews; concretes; siding
Abstract:
A literature survey on the seismic performance of
building cladding systems was conducted. The focus was
on heavy cladding panels, with a particular emphasis on
precast concrete cladding panels. The references used
in this literature survey were identified by using the
following resources: (1) computerized library data
bases, including the "melvyl" system for the University
of California libraries, "eea" (eathrquake engineering
abstracts) available through "melvyl," and the "gladis"
system for the U.C. Berkeley libraries; and (2) the
CD-rom from the Information Service at the National
Earthquake Engineering Center (NCEER) at SUNY at Buffalo
that contains abstracts for references shelved there and
at the EERC Library. The facilities used to retrieve
the references of interest included: (1) the U.C.
Berkeley libraries, including the Earthquake Engineering
Research Center (EERC) Library at the Richmond Field
Station, the Engineering Library on the U.C. Berkeley
campus; and the Environmental Design Library on the U.C.
Berkeley campus; (2) the Information Service at NCEER;
(3) the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at
the U.S. Department of Commerce; and (4) the
Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute (PCI) in Chicago,
Illinois. At the Environmental Design Library, the
following additional resources were found to be helpful:
the Avery computer data base for post-1978 references,
the Avery printed books for pre 1978 references, the Art
Index on CD-rom, and the Construction index book
serials. Some of the key words used in the search
included: precast, cladding, reinforced concrete,
concrete, facades, skins, siding, etc. The literature
survey is organized as follows: Chapter 1 is an
introduction that includes definitions, cladding panel
configurations, details of architectural precast
concrete cladding systems in the U.S.A., New Zealand,
Japan, and Canada. Chapter 2 describes the current
practice for seismically isolated precast concrete
cladding panels and connections, including U.S. codes
and their interpretation and foreign codes. Chapter 3
offers information on the structural utilization of
precast concrete cladding panels and connections,
including an historical overview, levels of contribution
in seismic response, architectural implications for
structural cladding, conditions for effective structural
cladding, and issues of responsibility. Chapter 4
contains abstracts and informational highlights from
research on the structural utilization of precast
concrete cladding panels and connections, including
eleven sets of research projects from the U.S.A., one
project from Canada, and one project from Japan.
Chapter 5 outlines other cladding materials for heavy
panels, including prefabricated panel systems, GFRC
panels, new types of reinforcement, a new type of RC
sandwich panels, and steel and steel alloy panels.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899