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  1. Development of a tornado safe room door from wood Products: door design and impact testing

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    Author(s): Robert H. Falk; James J. Bridwell
    Date: 2016
    Source: Research Paper FPL-RP-686. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
    Publication Series: Research Paper (RP)
    Station: Forest Products Laboratory
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/FPL-RP-686
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    In this study, a tornado safe room door built from wood products and steel sheeting was developed and impact-tested according to tornado safe room standards. Results indicate that an door constructed from as few as two sheets of 23/32-in. (18.26-mm) construction-grade plywood and overlaid with 18-gauge (0.05-in.- (1.27- mm-) thick) steel can pass the required impact test.

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    Falk, Robert H.; Bridwell, James J. 2016. Development of a tornado safe room door from wood products: door design and impact testing. Research Paper FPL-RP-686. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 17 p.

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    tornado, tornado shelter, wood, impact testing, door

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