Abstract: Conventional cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls often use commercial hold-downs and shear brackets with small-diameter fasteners that limit their lateral capacities. By using higher capacity hold-down connections ...

Abstract: Coupled cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls with steel link beams are a type of high-capacity lateral load resisting system for multistory buildings. In this study, a 6.6 m tall coupled CLT wall specimen with three ...