Timber sheathed walls for wind and earthquake resistance

Effect of Overturning Restraint on the Performance of Fully Sheathed and Perforated Timber Framed Shear Walls

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Behavior of Steel-Sheathed Shear Walls Subjected to Seismic and Fire Loads.

A series of tests was conducted on six 2.7 m × 3.7 m shear wall specimens consisting of cold-formed steel framing sheathed on one side with sheet steel adhered to gypsum board and on the opposite side with plain gypsum board. The specimens were subjected to various sequences of simulated seismic shear deformation and fire exposure to study the influence of multi-hazard interactions on the later...

Timber - structural glass composite systems in earthquake environment

Structural glass combined with a timber frame is a composite system that has a predisposition for good behavior during an earthquake, it is energy-efficient and cost-effective, aesthetically acceptable and has a good load-bearing characteristics. In recent years, several research projects of composite systems timber structural glass are in progress and according to the present results basic gui...

Bracing Stiffness and Strength in Sheathed Cold-formed Steel Stud Walls

The objective of this paper is to provide the stiffness and strength characteristics for coldformed steel stud walls stabilized by sheathing. The primary stability resistance is provided by translational (lateral) stiffness supplied at the fastener locations to the cold-formed steel studs. This paper separates the source of this translational stiffness into two parts: local and diaphragm. To an...