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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Plastic hinges of mortise–tenon joints

From: Research on seismic performance of traditional Chinese hall-style timber buildings in the Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368 AD): a case study of the main hall of Baoguo Temple

Types of mortise–tenon joints

Component

Insert connection

Types of Plastic hinges

Failure control

Data sources

NMT joint

Upper double-eave-architrave/single-eave-architraves

With eave-column

Beam-NM

Displacement

Figure 15b

Beam-MT-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

Chuan/tie beam

With central column

Beam-NM

Displacement

Figure 15b

Beam-MT-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

TMT joint

Chuan

With central column

Beam-TM

Displacement

Figure 15d

Beam-MT-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

SMT joint

Lower double-eave-architrave

With eave-column

(Beam-SM)

Displacement

Figure 15c

1-purlin beam,

2-purlin beam

With column

Beam-MT-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

3-purlin beam

With central column

SMTM joint

Melon column

With 2-purlin beam/intermediate purlin

Beam-GZS

Displacement

Figure 15e

Beam-MT-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

Normal joints

Purlin

With incline struts of Dou-gong

Beam-M

Displacement

Figure 15(f)

Sufang

Beam-V

Default hinge

Automatic calculation

  1. Note: the automatic calculation is defined by cross section