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A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing
This paper deals with the conception and characterization of an innovative connection for cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The connection is designed to provide an adequate level of dissipative capacity to CLT structures also when realized with large horizontal panels and therefore prone to frag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5456674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28773265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma9030139 |
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author | Scotta, Roberto Marchi, Luca Trutalli, Davide Pozza, Luca |
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description | This paper deals with the conception and characterization of an innovative connection for cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The connection is designed to provide an adequate level of dissipative capacity to CLT structures also when realized with large horizontal panels and therefore prone to fragile shear sliding failure. The connector, named X-bracket, has been theorized and designed by means of numerical parametric analyses. Furthermore, its cyclic behavior has been verified with experimental tests and compared to that of traditional connectors. Numerical simulations of cyclic tests of different CLT walls anchored to the foundation with X-brackets were also performed to assess their improved seismic performances. Finally, the analysis of the response of a 6 m × 3 m squat wall demonstrates that the developed connection provides good ductility and dissipation capacities also to shear walls realized with a single CLT panel. |
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spelling | pubmed-54566742017-07-28 A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing Scotta, Roberto Marchi, Luca Trutalli, Davide Pozza, Luca Materials (Basel) Article This paper deals with the conception and characterization of an innovative connection for cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The connection is designed to provide an adequate level of dissipative capacity to CLT structures also when realized with large horizontal panels and therefore prone to fragile shear sliding failure. The connector, named X-bracket, has been theorized and designed by means of numerical parametric analyses. Furthermore, its cyclic behavior has been verified with experimental tests and compared to that of traditional connectors. Numerical simulations of cyclic tests of different CLT walls anchored to the foundation with X-brackets were also performed to assess their improved seismic performances. Finally, the analysis of the response of a 6 m × 3 m squat wall demonstrates that the developed connection provides good ductility and dissipation capacities also to shear walls realized with a single CLT panel. MDPI 2016-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5456674/ /pubmed/28773265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma9030139 Text en © 2016 by the authors; Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Scotta, Roberto Marchi, Luca Trutalli, Davide Pozza, Luca A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title | A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title_full | A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title_fullStr | A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title_full_unstemmed | A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title_short | A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing |
title_sort | dissipative connector for clt buildings: concept, design and testing |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5456674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28773265 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma9030139 |
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