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In-plane shear behaviour of traditional timber walls
Highlights Half-timbered walls represent a good seismic resistant solution typical of various countries. Traditional timber framed walls present high values of ductility, compared with other construction solutions. The wall’s behaviour depends on the connections, where the damage concentrates. One of the major influences of infill on timber-framed walls is the clear reduction of pinching.
Abstract The reconstruction of Downtown Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake was based on a novel constructive system of masonry buildings with an internal three-dimensional timber-framed structure named “gaiola pombalina”. This internal structure aimed at improving the global stability of masonry buildings, enhancing their capacity to dissipate energy under seismic loadings. But this structural system is not only typical of Portugal, but constitutes part of the built heritage of various countries. This paper aims at getting experimental insight on the mechanical behaviour of timber-framed walls subjected to in-plane loading, as only scarce information is available in literature, in order to assess their effective performance to seismic actions. To do this, the experimental results of cyclic tests carried out on traditional timber-framed walls with distinct typologies will be analysed, namely (1) unreinforced timber-framed walls without infill; (2) timber-framed walls without infill with Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer sheets (GFRP) placed at the connections; (3) timber-framed walls with brick masonry infill.
In-plane shear behaviour of traditional timber walls
Highlights Half-timbered walls represent a good seismic resistant solution typical of various countries. Traditional timber framed walls present high values of ductility, compared with other construction solutions. The wall’s behaviour depends on the connections, where the damage concentrates. One of the major influences of infill on timber-framed walls is the clear reduction of pinching.
Abstract The reconstruction of Downtown Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake was based on a novel constructive system of masonry buildings with an internal three-dimensional timber-framed structure named “gaiola pombalina”. This internal structure aimed at improving the global stability of masonry buildings, enhancing their capacity to dissipate energy under seismic loadings. But this structural system is not only typical of Portugal, but constitutes part of the built heritage of various countries. This paper aims at getting experimental insight on the mechanical behaviour of timber-framed walls subjected to in-plane loading, as only scarce information is available in literature, in order to assess their effective performance to seismic actions. To do this, the experimental results of cyclic tests carried out on traditional timber-framed walls with distinct typologies will be analysed, namely (1) unreinforced timber-framed walls without infill; (2) timber-framed walls without infill with Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer sheets (GFRP) placed at the connections; (3) timber-framed walls with brick masonry infill.
In-plane shear behaviour of traditional timber walls
Vasconcelos, Graça (author) / Poletti, Elisa (author) / Salavessa, Eunice (author) / Jesus, Abílio M.P. (author) / Lourenço, Paulo B. (author) / Pilaon, Preecha (author)
Engineering Structures ; 56 ; 1028-1048
2013-05-02
21 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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