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Lateral Performance for Wood-Frame Shear Walls–A Critical Review
Wei Xu1,2, Ottavia Corbi3,*, Seithati Mapesela1, Yue Chen1,2, Milan Gaff4,5, Haitao Li1,2,*
1
School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
2
Joint International Research Laboratory of Bio-Composite Building Materials and Structures, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing,
210037, China
3
University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, Naples, 80133, Italy
4
Department of Furniture, Design and Habitat Brno, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, 61300, Czech Republic
5
Department of Wood Processing, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, 16521,
Czech Republic
* Corresponding Authors: Ottavia Corbi. Email: ; Haitao Li. Email:
Journal of Renewable Materials 2023, 11(5), 2143-2169. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2023.026773
Received 25 September 2022; Accepted 04 November 2022; Issue published 13 February 2023
Abstract
Wood is a green material in line with the sustainable development strategy. From the excellent performance of
engineering wood products, modern wood structures represented by light wood structures have gained more
development opportunities. As an indispensable part of light wood structure systems, the wood-frame shear wall
plays a vital role in the bearing capacity and earthquake resistance of light wood structure systems. This paper is
focused on a review of the lateral performance of wood-frame shear walls and classifies the influencing factors in
relevant experimental research into three categories, including internal factors such as shear wall structure, external factors such as test scheme, and other factors of material production and test process. Finally, the research
prospects in this field were introduced based on the summary of the research status. This work can be a reference
for further research on the lateral performance of wood-frame shear walls.
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Cite This Article
Xu, W., Corbi, O., Mapesela, S., Chen, Y., Gaff, M. et al. (2023). Lateral Performance for Wood-Frame Shear Walls–A Critical Review.
Journal of Renewable Materials, 11(5), 2143–2169.