EARTHQUAKE BEHAVIOUR OF MODERN TIMBER CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS

摘要

Based also on their environmental sustainability, timber constructions represent a growing number of today's residential houses throughout the world. Several modern timber construction systems outside the timber frame system were developed in the past few years. The use of renewable resources, the comfortable climate inside timber buildings and a favourable cost-performance ratio led to a general acceptance of these buildings. Shear wall tests on two modern timber construction systems were carried out at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Also some tests on timber frame construction were carried out in order to compare the modern systems to the well-known construction.