CLT Shear Walls key to seismically resilient mass timber buildings

When it comes to shear walls, CLT is great because it can be custom fabricated to any size – which helps with balancing the constraints of ...

seismic resilient mass timber structures with damage-avoidance ...

wall with in-plane RSFJs and resilient shear key (2016) (b) Rocking LVL column with bidirectional RSFJs (2018) (c) in-plane performance of the CLT wall (d) bi- ...

Design for Seismic Resilient Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Structures

As a sustainable alternative to steel and concrete, cross laminated timber (CLT) shear wall systems are getting increasingly popular in ...

Tall Mass Timber Coming to California

CLT Shear Walls key to seismically resilient mass timber buildings ... seismically resilient mass timber buildingsAs mass timber soars in ...

Tests Highlight Seismic Resilience of Tall Mass Timber - WoodWorks

Utilizing a mass timber rocking-wall system, the structure was designed to withstand high-magnitude earthquakes and incur little to no ...

Seismic performance of multi-storey cross laminated timber shear ...

This project aims to enhance seismic performance of multi-storey CLT buildings by developing robust and resilient CLT shear walls systems with high capacity ...

Establishing Fragility Curves for Seismic Resilience of Mass Timber ...

In areas of the US with a significant seismic (i.e. earthquake) hazard, mass timber buildings that are seismically resilient are of significant ...

Innovation » Resilient Rocking Wall Design - LEVER Architecture

We set out to design it as a sustainable, resilient, damage-resistant building that could serve as demonstration of mass timber's structural and aesthetic ...

Timber-based wall system for earthquake resilience

Lehigh team's work on a timber-based wall system capable of withstanding extreme seismic events while minimizing structural damage—part of the NHERI ...

Earthquake-resistant CLT buildings stiffened with vertical steel ties

The interest in multi-storey CLT buildings in seismic areas is leading to the development of new strategies to increase the lateral stiffness of shear walls ...

Seismic performance assessment of post-tensioned CLT shear wall ...

Post-tensioned cross-laminated timber (PT-CLT) walls have been demonstrated to be a low-damage seismic force-resisting system (SFRS) due to their ...

Earthquake Resistant, Cross Laminated Timber Shear Wall System

With the introduction of CLT to the U.S. construction market, and the current modern urbanization trend, many believe that it can serve as an ...

Seismic Design in Mass Timber - Acetra

To achieve seismic resilience in buildings, the incorporation of shear walls is a widely adopted practice. Shear walls, which accept, resist, and dissipate ...

Seismic design and performance evaluation of novel dual-pinned ...

One of the most popular MT products is the cross-laminated timber (CLT) panel. CLT panels have been extensively used to build shear walls due to ...

Innovative Ways to Incorporate Mass Timber in Earthquake ...

Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D., and project structural engineer at StructureCraft, about earthquake-resistant designs and sustainable construction with ...

Multi-objective optimization of cross-laminated timber shear walls

In areas of the US with a significant seismic (i.e. earthquake) hazard, mass timber buildings that are seismically resilient are of significant ...

Resilient Tall Timber | Solomon Tesfamariam - University of Waterloo

In this system, the CLT shear-wall panels provide lateral stability and distribute seismic forces effectively, while glulam frames contribute to the overall ...

Cyclic Testing of High-Capacity CLT Shear Walls - ASCE Library

Conventional cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls often use commercial hold-downs and shear brackets with small-diameter fasteners that ...

CLT Shearwall Design at Bowdoin College - YouTube

One of the most common trends in mass timber buildings in the US is the use of ... mass timber systems, particularly CLT shear walls in some low- ...

Sustainable Cross-Laminated Timber Structures in a Seismic Area

The lightness of material and the satisfactory dissipative response of the mechanical connections provide an excellent seismic response to multi-story CLT ...