Proposal for the development of a "low profile" stressed skin timber floor : phase III - stage I

"This proposal outlines research to be performed in checking the "boundary conditions" associated with the load response of a 2.4 m wide x 4.8 m long, two bay timber floor system. Static and dynamic load response characteristics of a 3.6 m wide x 7.2 m long two bay system will also be investigated. As a third stage of the program, a floor using the 2.4 m and 3.6 m grid systems tested in the laboratory, will then be constructed on site at Capricornia Institue and tested under dynamic loading conditions. This floor will then form the basis of an "engineered experimental house".--p. i.