Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls

Zhang, Ben; Dohnju, Roshan; Kermani, Abdy; Porteous, Jack; D'Amico, Bernardino

Abstract

A test-based assessment of the racking performance of partially anchored timber framed walls is described in this paper. The tested wall specimens were constructed and tested at the Centre for Timber Engineering (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) considering different configurations of the wall geometry, such as wall length, nail spacing and size and position of studs under different vertical loading arrangements. Based on the experimental results, comparisons are made with the design-based strength values obtained according to relevant European and UK national standards, and are discussed in this paper.

Citation

Zhang, B., Dohnju, R., Kermani, A., Porteous, J., & D'Amico, B. (2018). Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls. In WCTE 2018

• Conference Name: World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2018
• Conference Location: Seoul, Korea
• Start Date: Aug 20, 2018
• End Date: Aug 23, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Jul 25, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 31, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 31, 2018
• Book Title: WCTE 2018
• Keywords: Platform frames, Timber racking walls, Raking, Test procedures, PD6693-1, Eurocode 5.
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1259155