Building panel assemblies and methods of use in wall structures

A building comprising an upright outer wall, as a foundation wall exposed to soil backfill loading, and an overlying building structure bearing down on said foundation wall, wherein horizontal deflection of said foundation wall, when under such building load, is directed outwardly toward the soil backfill and is limited to no more than L/120 where such overlying load is no more than 5000 pounds per linear foot of said foundation wall, said upright outer wall comprising one or more fiber-reinforced polymeric building panels, a given said building panel having a length, a top and a bottom, and comprising:

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.30 inch thick, said outer layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said inner layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said walls of said studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third reaction-cured resin composition,
• 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 18 pounds per foot of height per linear foot length of said building panel, and a vertical crush resistance capacity of at least 2000 pound per linear foot length of said building panel when tested according to ASTM E72.

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

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.30 inch thick, said outer layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said inner layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said walls of said studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third reaction-cured resin composition,
• 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 18 pounds per foot of height per linear foot length of said building panel, and wherein said building panel, under a top-to-bottom load distributed between said outer layer and said end panels of said studs according to ASTM E72, deflects between the top of said building panel and the bottom of said building panel, toward said outer layer.

A building comprising an upright outer wall, as a foundation wall exposed to soil backfill loading, and an overlying building structure bearing down on said foundation wall, wherein horizontal deflection of said foundation wall, when under such building load, is directed outwardly toward the soil backfill and is limited to no more than the equivalent of L/120 when no external resistance is applied, and where such overlying load is no more than 5000 pounds per linear foot of said foundation wall, said upright outer wall comprising one or more fiber-reinforced polymeric building panels, a given said building panel having a length, a top and a bottom, and comprising:

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to bout 0.30 inch thick, said outer layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said inner layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said walls of said studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third reaction-cured resin composition,
• 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 18 pounds per foot of height per linear foot length of said building panel.

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

• (a) an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer about 0.10 inch thick to about 0.30 inch thick, said outer layer comprising a first set of continuous fibers in a first reaction-cured resin composition, 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 0.30 inch thick, said inner layer comprising a second set of continuous fibers in a second reaction-cured resin composition, said inner layer defining a second outermost surface of said building panel;
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• (c) a plurality of fiber-reinforced polymeric load-bearing studs comprising a third set of continuous fibers in a third reaction-cured resin composition, 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 50 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.