Abstract: Timber shear wall systems dissipate energy through nail bending, nail withdrawal, and crushing of the sheathing around the nail hole. This dissipation mechanism is a pinching hysteretic response. Use of high-damping devices ...

Abstract: Light-timber frames, using plywood (PW), exhibit a pinched hysteresis response, and their energy absorption capacity is limited. The energy-dissipation capacity can be enhanced using energy-dissipation mechanisms. In this ...