In-plane shear behaviour of traditional timber walls

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Graca Vasconcelos (Author) Other; Elisa Poletti (Author) Other; Eunice Salavessa (Author) Other; Abilio M P Jesus (Author) Other; Paulo B Lourenco (Author) Other; Preecha Pilaon (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Engineering Structures

Pages: 1028-1048

ISSN: 0141-0296

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 18 Citations

Scopus - 30 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-011-1TX

DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.05.017

Abstract (EN): 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 21