STUDY ON ELASTO-PLASTIC WIND RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS RESPONSE ANALYSIS METHODS OF TIMBER-FRAMEWORK BUILDING : Study on restoring force characteristics of shear walls in timber-frame-construction for wind performance Part 2

It has been important to evaluate building's structural performance to wind action as much as earthquake. The aims of this study are to understand elasto-plastic wind response characteristics and propose elasto-plastic wind response analysis methods of detached timber-frameworked buildings. In this paper, at first, an analytical model of the building is shown, then wind force characteristics acting on small-scale and low-rise buildings and their simulation method are discussed. Next, pseudo-dynamic tests are carried out to timber-frameworked shear walls, then wind response characteristics obtained from the tests are described. Finally, analyses using the restoring force characteristics models that has been proposed by the authors are conducted and validities are considered by comparison with results of the pseudo-dynamic test.