Building panel assemblies and methods of use in wall structures

A fiber-reinforced polymeric load-bearing building panel having a length, a top and a bottom, and a height between the top and the bottom, and comprising:

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.15 inch thick, said outer layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first reaction-cured resin, said outer layer defining a first outermost surface of said building panel;
• (b) an inner fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.15 inch thick, said inner layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second reaction-cured resin, said inner layer defining a second outermost surface of said building panel;
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• (c) a plurality of load-bearing studs, spaced along the length of said building panel and extending, from said inner layer, away from the second outermost surface to end panels (130) of said studs, including away from said building panel, said studs extending along the height of said building panel, and having walls, defining outer surfaces of said studs, about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.15 inch thick, said walls of said studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third reaction-cured resin,
• said building panel having a thickness between said inner layer and said outer layer, excluding any dimensions of said studs, of about 2 inches to about 5 inches,
• said building panel having a mass of no more than 80 pounds per linear foot length of said building panel, and wherein said building panel, under a top-to-bottom load which is evenly distributed between said outer layer and said end panels of said studs, deflects between the top and the bottom, toward said outer layer.

A fiber-reinforced polymeric building panel having a length, a top and a bottom, and a height between the top and the bottom, and comprising:

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first cured resin, said outer layer defining a first outermost surface of said building panel when said building panel is disposed in an upstanding orientation;
• (b) an inner fiber-reinforced polymeric layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second cured resin, said inner layer being spaced from said outer layer and defining a second outermost surface (25) of said building panel when said building panel is disposed in such upright orientation;
• (c) a plurality of fiber-reinforced polymeric load-bearing studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third cured resin, said studs being spaced along the length of said building panel and extending away from said building panel, including away from the second outermost surface;
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• at least about 60 percent by weight, of at least one of said first, second, and third sets of fibers, collectively, extending in a direction within 15 degrees of the top-to-bottom height of said building panel.