Seismic Performance Evaluation of Traditional Wooden House

by Alternate Cyclic Loading Test

Outline

Introduction

Location of the house

Overview of the investigated house

Plan of the investigated house

Sectional views of main frames

Typical connection between column and Sashi-Gamoi (X11)

Weight Measurement after loading tests

Static horizontal cyclic loading tests in the north-south direction

Measure strains

Measure displacements

Evaluation of initial rigidities of frames X1 and X6

Evaluation of initial rigidities of frame X11

Evaluation of initial rigidities of frame X15

Deformation angle of column

Relationships between deformation angle and load

Failure process

Cracks of mud-wall at X0

Bending cracks of column C21

Video recorded at connection between column and Sashi-Gamoi

Damage of column around 160mm

Moment of columns and Sashi-Gamoi’s

Moment distributions on wooden frames at Pmax=106.6kN

Shear force of each column at Pmax

Seismic performance evaluation

Conclusion

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