CUREe-Caltech Woodframe Project - Task 1.4.3
Seismic Behavior of Wood Cripple Walls

Specimen#15: 1:3 Stepped cripple wall subjected to the ordinary ground motion protocol (Krawinkler et al 1999)
Tested on 10/26/00

Test Matrix: 450plf gravity loading without stucco
(click photos to enlarge)
Fully Assembled Test (North face)
Fully Assembled Test (South face)
Final failure of specimen (North OSB face)
Final Failure of specimen (South framing face
- looking downhill)

Lateral Force-Displacement Response of Specimen #15 (compared with
specimen #15a (varying step detail)

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