Funding

Team

Objectives List

Hysteresis Loops

2-D Frames

2-D Shear Walls

3-D Assemblies

Embedment

Properties

Shake Table

Validation

Clemson

University Tests

Shake Table

Tests (Walls)

Shake Table

Tests (3-D Models)

Performance

Based Design

Overall objectives of project

• A comprehensive study of the static and dynamic structural behavior of two-and three-dimensional frame or panel assemblies, made with wood products, when under the effect of earthquake shaking or wind pressures.

• The development of structural analyses for those conditions, and their implementation in computer programs for analysis and design.

• Validation of the structural models using the University of British Columbia’s Earthquake Engineering Laboratory facilities, and by collaboration with the University of Clemson, S.C., USA, Civil Engineering Department's Wind Laboratory. 

• Reliability studies to implement the structural analyses into a performance-based design framework, with development of design software.

• Formation of highly trained engineers on the structural analysis of wood buildings.