For the effective utilization of domestic second-grown wood resources as structural members, post and beam construction with traditional wood system using japanese larch glulam was applied with machine pre-cut processing. Horizontal shear test was con...
For the effective utilization of domestic second-grown wood resources as structural members, post and beam construction with traditional wood system using japanese larch glulam was applied with machine pre-cut processing. Horizontal shear test was conducted to evaluate the horizontal shear performance of the post and beam wood wall. The frame consisted of post and beam with appropriate fasteners and members have their own parts with notch and hole, etc. to connect members. The shear wall consisted of the frame sheathed with screw-nailed Oriented Strand Board(OSB).
From horizontal shear tests without vertical loads on the frame and the shear wall specimens, about 1.9kN/m and about 9.7kN/m for the maximum strength and about 167kN/㎜ and 8198kN/㎜ for the shear rigidity, respectively, were obtained. Nail failures were remarkable in the shear wall specimen with punching shears and shear failures. The shear load factor for the shear wall specimen regulated by Architectural Institute of Japan(AIJ) was 1.5, which was obtained by the bi-linear method. For the better shear performance of the structures, column base and post and beam connections and sheathed panel should be further examined.