Nail joints are one of the key components that control the lateral performance of light wood frame shear walls.In previous experimental studies,researchers have used different loading rates,which failed specimens from...Nail joints are one of the key components that control the lateral performance of light wood frame shear walls.In previous experimental studies,researchers have used different loading rates,which failed specimens from less than a minute to more than an hour,to study the characteristics of nail joints.Moreover,there have been different loading protocols used for testing of timber nail joints or shear walls.Although some efforts have been made to address this subject,it is still unclear how the loading protocol and loading rate may influence the performance of nail joints.In this study,a total of 96 nail joints tests were carried out under monotonic and reversed-cyclic loads at three different loading rates,and under three different loading protocols(ISO,CUREE and SPD).The results of the test revealed that the loading rate did not have a noticeable effect on the mechanical properties of nail joints,while the loading protocol did influence those properties.Especially,protocols with larger cumulative damage demands lead to lower ultimate displacement and ductility of nail joints.展开更多
An innovative occupant friendly retrofitting technique has been developed for reinforced concrete(RC) building structures with hollow brick infill walls used as partition walls which constitute the major portion of th...An innovative occupant friendly retrofitting technique has been developed for reinforced concrete(RC) building structures with hollow brick infill walls used as partition walls which constitute the major portion of the existing building stock in Turkey. The idea is to convert the existing hollow brick infill wall into a load carrying system acting as a cast-in-place RC wall by reinforcing it with relatively thin concrete plates bonded to the mortar coated infill wall by use of tile adhesive and fixed by 6(6 mm diameter) bolts. Test parameters were the shape and thickness of the plates, presence of reinforcement in plates, number and arrangement of 6 bolts. It was observed that lateral strength, stiffness, energy dissipation capacity, and ductility of the strengthened infill walls were improved and behaviour was enhanced by the proposed technique. Plates with two different basic shapes were used to strengthen the test specimens.展开更多
基金the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,Discovery Grants RGPIN-2018-05104,LZ,https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp.
文摘Nail joints are one of the key components that control the lateral performance of light wood frame shear walls.In previous experimental studies,researchers have used different loading rates,which failed specimens from less than a minute to more than an hour,to study the characteristics of nail joints.Moreover,there have been different loading protocols used for testing of timber nail joints or shear walls.Although some efforts have been made to address this subject,it is still unclear how the loading protocol and loading rate may influence the performance of nail joints.In this study,a total of 96 nail joints tests were carried out under monotonic and reversed-cyclic loads at three different loading rates,and under three different loading protocols(ISO,CUREE and SPD).The results of the test revealed that the loading rate did not have a noticeable effect on the mechanical properties of nail joints,while the loading protocol did influence those properties.Especially,protocols with larger cumulative damage demands lead to lower ultimate displacement and ductility of nail joints.
基金Project(No.BAP 2011/76) supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Kirikkale University,Turkey
文摘An innovative occupant friendly retrofitting technique has been developed for reinforced concrete(RC) building structures with hollow brick infill walls used as partition walls which constitute the major portion of the existing building stock in Turkey. The idea is to convert the existing hollow brick infill wall into a load carrying system acting as a cast-in-place RC wall by reinforcing it with relatively thin concrete plates bonded to the mortar coated infill wall by use of tile adhesive and fixed by 6(6 mm diameter) bolts. Test parameters were the shape and thickness of the plates, presence of reinforcement in plates, number and arrangement of 6 bolts. It was observed that lateral strength, stiffness, energy dissipation capacity, and ductility of the strengthened infill walls were improved and behaviour was enhanced by the proposed technique. Plates with two different basic shapes were used to strengthen the test specimens.
