Mortise-tenon joints in traditional Chinese architecture are of major importance. Studying
their performance under horizontal loads loads is paramount for China, where there are …

Chuan-Dou type timber constructions are popular structural systems in ancient China, which
consist of planar frames jointed with mortise-tenon connection in two directions. Three types …

The Chuandou timber frame is a traditional timber structural system widely used for
nonengineered residential houses in southwestern China; this system is featured by beam …

The Romanian territory has an important seismic potential in Europe, with the Vrancea
source. The most destructive seismic events that occurred in Romania in the 20th century …

In recent past, the authors developed an innovative modular system for low rise building
made by structural sandwich panels. This system was conceived with the focus on the …

The Chuan-dou timber frame is a structural system that is most suitable for natural factors
such as local topography and climatic environment, and used by the people in southwestern …

Masonry and timber are materials used since ancient times in construction. Masonry
buildings constitute an important percentage of the existing building stock and their …

Timber, one of the oldest structural materials, is an essential material in the construction of
traditional structures due to its undeniable advantages. However, wood is sensitive to …

The good in-plane behavior of timber frames with masonry infills, characterized by an
excellent ductility capacity, is presented and explained as observed during static cyclic …

Kanchuang frames are important parts of traditional timber architecture in China. This paper
used experimental and numerical methods to study the restoring force model of Kanchuang …