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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 8 Shear wall selection for the 6-storey CLT building (Y-direction)

From: Performance evaluation of multi-storey cross-laminated timber structures under different earthquake hazard levels

Length

2950 mm

4425 mm

Storey

Number of walls

Configuration

Capacity

Number of walls

Configuration

Capacity

1

5

Single-panel wall;

2 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

29.99 kN

4

Double-panel wall with spline joint@300 mm;

6 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

52.76 kN

2

5

Single-panel wall;

4 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

26.28 kN

4

Double-panel wall with spline joint@150 mm;

6 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

39.68 kN

3

5

Single-panel wall;

2 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

20.46 kN

4

Double-panel wall with spline joint@150 mm;

6 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

39.68 kN

4

5

Single-panel wall;

2 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

20.46 kN

4

Double-panel wall with spline joint@300 mm;

6 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

38.82 kN

5

5

Single-panel wall;

2 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

20.46 kN

4

Three-panel wall with spline joint@300 mm;

3 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

19.76 kN

6

2

Single-panel wall;

2 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

20.46 kN

4

Three-panel wall with spline joint@300 mm;

3 angle brackets;

2 hold downs;

19.76 kN

  1. CLT cross-laminated timber