TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Enhanced residential building code for tornado safety
JO  - Journal of performance of constructed facilities
A1  - Ramseyer, Chris
A1  - Holliday, Lisa
A1  - Floyd, Royce
SP  - e04015084
EP  - e04015084
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
N2  - The EF5 tornado that occurred in Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013, provided a rare opportunity to study the effects of multiple major tornadoes on a single community in a relatively short timeframe. Data collected immediately after the tornado indicate an ordered progressive collapse mechanism for residential wood-frame structures with slightly different progressions for low-pitch and high-pitch roofs. This failure progression indicates that a continuous load path from the roof to the foundation is the most important aspect of design and construction for tornado resistance of residential structures. Performance of homes in a neighborhood constructed using more-robust methods indicates that the damage path caused by an major tornado can be narrowed by improving the overall structural system with a series of relatively simple items. Twelve code modifications proposed by the authors to create a more-robust structural system intended to withstand winds up to 60 m/s (135 mph), or an EF2 rating, are presented in this paper. The city of Moore adopted these code changes on March 17, 2014.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0887-3828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000832
ID  - ref1
ER  -