Abstract: General features of the hysteretic behavior of wood joints and structural systems are characterized, and the available hysteresis models for wood systems are reviewed. A general hysteresis model for single- and ...

Abstract: Current design methods for notched wood beams, based on either notch‐factor or linear‐elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) approaches, are reviewed and compared with an alternative equation based on critical fillet hoop stress ...

Abstract: Seismic responses and reliability of a one-story L-shaped woodframe building tested at the CSIRO Structures Laboratory and a hypothetical two-story L-shaped building based on the test house were investigated using a ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a series of experiments on a full-scale one-story L-shaped woodframe house. The major objective of the experiments was to collect data for use in the validation of analytical models, and ...

Abstract: Current research trends in residential construction focus on the development of performance-based design methodologies for wood structures. As one key prerequisite to the implementation of such design concept, the performance ...