The Effect of Sheathing Material on Racking Performance of Plywood Shear Wall

Demirkir C., Demir A., Ozturk H., Aydin I.

DRVNA INDUSTRIJA, cilt.73, sa.1, ss.25-34, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 73 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5552/drvind.2022.2039
  • Dergi Adı: DRVNA INDUSTRIJA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.25-34
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: shear wall, structural plywood, racking performance, fibre direction, EUCALYPTUS, POPLAR, PANELS, BEECH
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Wooden buildings are intensely preferred especially in earthquake regions due to their many ad-vantages such as lightness, durability, environmental friendliness, insulation and aesthetics. Shear walls provide the lateral resistance needed for light-frame wood structures to withstand earthquake loads. When sheathed with wooden structural panels such as plywood, shear walls can be strong, stiff, and ductile. This study focuses on the effects of production factors (wood species, thickness of panels) of plywood and fibre direction of sheathing mate-rial on the racking performance of the shear wall. The displacement at ultimate load decreased with increasing the thickness of plywood panels. It was also concluded that the black pine plywood panels were the best sheathing materials for the shear walls among wood species in terms of ductility. Scots pine plywood panels are the best sheathing materials for the shear walls among wood species in terms of load carrying capacity. Moreover, it was found that the wall formed perpendicular to fibre direction of sheathing materials could carry more load than the wall formed parallel to fibre direction.