| 摘要 |
A wood sheathing panel, suitable for use in building construction, includes reinforcement strips of fiber reinforced polymer material incorporated into the panel. The reinforcement strips cover an area that is within the range o f from about 5 to about 50 percent of the surface area of the panel. The reinforcement strips of fiber reinforced plastic material can be incorporate d in the perimeter of the panel, or can be incorporated into the corners of th e panel. The spacing of the intermittently incorporated reinforcement strips c an generally coincide with a standard spacing of framing members so that when t he wood sheathing panel is applied to a building frame, the reinforcement strip s are generally aligned with framing members of the building. Preferably, the reinforcement strips are sufficient to provide an increased ductility over a n equivalent unreinforced wood sheathing panel in an amount within the range o f from about 75 percent to about 500 percent. A plurality of the wood sheathin g panels of the invention can be assembled together in building construction (10) as one element of a group consisting essentially of shear walls (12, 14 , 24, 26), horizontal diaphragms (20, 22) and roof diaphragms (28). |
