Due to its inherent characteristics, such as a light weight and ease of workability, timber is
ideal for prefabricated and modular construction. However, since the research in this field …

There are about 80 million single-family dwellings (SFDs) in the United States,
predominantly of wood-frame construction. Of these, 68% are owner-occupied. A home is …

Earthquake is a natural disaster that severely threatens the safety of people. In
consequence, increasing the seismic resistance and resilience of civil infrastructures and …

In this paper, a numerical model to estimate the dissipative capacity and describe the cyclic
response of cross‐laminated (X‐lam) timber buildings is presented. The connections …

Regional seismic damage simulation of buildings provides decision-makers with important
information for earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation. Utilizing nonlinear time history …

A simple numerical model to predict the dynamic characteristics, quasistatic pushover, and
seismic response of woodframe buildings is presented. In this model the building structure is …

Dowel-type joints are commonly used as shear connections in many types of timber
structures. The load-deformation hysteretic behavior of dowel-type joints usually dominates …

This is the second of two companion papers on the seismic analysis of woodframe
structures. In Part I, a simple numerical model was formulated to predict the dynamic …

A nonlinear finite-element model (LightFrame3D) is presented in this paper to study the
performance of 3D timber light-frame buildings under static loading conditions. The …

After modifications, the Bouc-Wen-Barber-Wen (BWBN) model was used in simulating the
hysteretic behavior of wood light-frame shear walls. A complete shear wall model is …