Effect of Earthquakes on Manufactured Home Installations

Provides State & local building regulatory agencies in seismically active areas technical info. & recommendations that can be used to reduce damage to manufactured homes during an earthquake. It provides design engineers with data for use in designing support & bracing systems to minimize damage to manufactured homes. Recommends methods to reduce the risk of fire, which caused much of the devastation that followed the Jan. 1994 Northridge earthquake. Chapters: code requirements; load analysis; effect of earthquakes on accessory structures; preventing earthquake damage to utility connections; testing & research recommendations; & standard change recommendations. Illustrations.Stegman, Michael A. is the author of 'Effect of Earthquakes on Manufactured Home Installations' with ISBN 9780788188428 and ISBN 0788188429.