Solarino, F., Giresini, L., Chang, W. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Experimental tests on a dowel-type timber connection and validation of numerical models. Buildings, 7 (4). 116. ISSN 2075-5309
Abstract
This paper examines the dynamic behaviour of timber framed buildings under wind and dynamic loads, focusing on the role of connections being experimentally tested. The main aim of this manuscript is to analyze the in-service dynamic behaviour of a semi-rigid moment-resisting dowel-type connection between timber beam and column. For this purpose, two laboratory tests have been performed, the first on a connection and another one on a portal frame. The results are used to validate a numerical model of the simple portal frame, analyzed in OpenSees. The obtained relationships are also discussed and compared with Eurocode rules. The main result is that the joint stiffness is calculated through the Eurocode (EC) formulation underestimates the experimental one. A mutual agreement is obtained between the numerical model, validated from the experimental stiffness value for the connections, and the experimental results on the portal frame.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | timber; dowel-type connection; rotational stiffness; curve fitting; damping; OpenSees |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2017 16:23 |
Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2017 16:23 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings7040116 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/buildings7040116 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124844 |