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

Specimen#4: Level 2 ft. cripple wall subjected to the ordinary ground motion protocol (Krawinkler et al 1999)
Tested on 08/18/00

Test Matrix: 66% bracing, 100plf gravity loading 
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Fully Assembled Test (North face)
Fully Assembled Test (South face)
Close-up of bottom of east panel:
note nails torn from the panel
Final Failure of specimen
More photos before the testing
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Photos during and after the testing
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Lateral Force-Displacement Response of Specimen #4:

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