Seismic Performance of Timber–Steel Hybrid Structures. I: Subassembly Testing and Numerical Modeling
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 145, Issue 10
Abstract
With urban expansion, timber structures are no longer confined to low-rise buildings. The hybridization of timber with other construction materials is an effective way to obtain desirable structural performance while maintaining the many advantages of timber buildings. This paper is devoted to the development of a hybrid structural system which consists of a steel moment-resisting frame and prefabricated infill light frame wood shear walls. Quasi-static cyclic loading tests were conducted on timber–steel hybrid lateral load resisting subassemblies, and monotonic loading tests were conducted on two types of novel wood-to-steel connections that enable fast installation of the infill wood shear wall. The test result of the hybrid structural system is reported with the emphasis on the wood-to-steel connection behavior. The share of resisted lateral force between the infill wood shear wall and the steel frame was evaluated. A nonlinear finite-element model was developed for the hybrid structural system and was validated by test results. The reported work can provide novel wood-to-steel connection solutions that allow high-efficiency on-site fabrication, and the verified numerical model can serve as a useful tool to assess the seismic performance of the timber–steel hybrid structures under more-complex loading scenarios.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51608376 and 51878476) and Shanghai Sailing Program (Grant No. 16YF1411800) for supporting this research.
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Volume 145 • Issue 10 • October 2019
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Received: Aug 7, 2018
Accepted: Mar 1, 2019
Published online: Aug 14, 2019
Published in print: Oct 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jan 14, 2020
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