Earthquake Behaviour of Modern Timber Construction Systems

Several modern timber construction systems outside the timber frame system have become accepted throughout Europe in the past few years. Comprehensive shear wall testing of two modern timber construction systems was carried out at KIT. Additional tests on timber frame construction provided the possibility to compare the test results of the modern systems and the “traditional” timber frame construction. Numerical modelling was performed on both systems to study the real-time domain performance and finally investigate the basics for force-based design.