Author:
Mazelli Alessandro,Bedon Chiara,Morassi Antonino
Abstract
This paper investigates the role of sheathing-to-framing connection ductility in the evaluation of the structural q-behaviour factor for Light-Frame Timber (LFT) buildings, by means of Incremental Dynamic Analyses (IDA). This approach allows to consider nonlinear cyclic behaviour of the walls, which cannot be taken into account with the static approaches used in most of the available literature on LFT buildings. To this aim, Finite Element wall models, preliminary calibrated towards a cyclic full-scale experimental test, are built to study six case-study buildings, both regular and non-regular, with 2, 3 or 4 storeys, which were designed according to Eurocode and Capacity Design provisions. Parametric analyses are performed by varying the displacement-ductility of the panel. Finally, numerical results are discussed in terms of q-behaviour factor, and its sensitivity to structural irregularities, with respect to existing code provisions for timber buildings.
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