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1、8AnewstrawbalewallconstructionsystemThischapterdescribesanewstrawbalewallconstructionsystemthatsimplyandreproduciblyproducesstraight,flatwallsthatcanincorporatefeaturesandfacilitiesthataretakenforgrantedinconventionalbuildingsystems—featuressuchasfull-heightin-fillwallsthatdonotrequirespecia
2、lfillingatthetop,built-infacilityforattachinghangingpointstothewall,integralskirtingboardsystemsandtheoptionofmodularconstructionmethods.Theprinciplesofthemethodandsomepracticaldetailsaredescribed,butthesystemisintheprocessofdevelopment,sothereisroomforingeniousinputtothesystemdesign.Thesyst
3、emincorporatesanewtensioningsystemthatreplacestheuseoffence-strainersfortensioningthehold-down/compressionwiresandeliminatesuneventensioningonoppositesidesofthewall.Italsoincludesanoptionoffabricatingwallmoduleson-site,butashorizontalmodulesthatarethenswungintotheverticalwallpositionafterass
4、embly.Thelastoptionistreatedsomewhatseparately,becauseitisamoreradicalchangefromcurrentmethods.Thesystemhassubstantialadvantagesovercurrentmethods.•Wiresaresimultaneouslytensionedonbothsidesofthewallsothatbothsidesarecompressedbyexactlythesameamount.Asaresult,thereisnowireslippageacrosstheto
5、pplateandthereforethetendencyforthewalltotilt,bulgeorotherwisedistortduringtensioningthewiresisalmostcompletelyeliminated,evenforthinwallsusingnewsmallerbales,whicharediscussedlater.•Eachsectionofwallcanbetensioneduniformlyveryeasily,accuratelyandquickly.•Lighterweighttopplatesmaybeused.•New
6、baseandintermediatestructureunitscanbeusedtostreamlineprocedures,providehanginglocationsforshelving,etc.andmakeitmorefeasibletousedrywallcladdingasanalternativetoplaster.60PracticalstrawbalebuildingThewiretensioningsystemThenewstrainerfortensioningthewiresconsistsoftubeswithinthebaseunit,str
7、ainerrods,andwrenches.Steeltubesareincorporatedintothebaseofthewallandthetensioningwiresaresecuredwithwirelocksattachedtoaloopedandtwistedwireattachedtothebaseunit.Re-usabletensioningrods,whichareinsertedintothetubesinthebase,arerotatedusingawrench