Seismic performance of a scaled three-story braced timber frame building with elastomeric damper through shake-table tests
Kiavash Gholamizoj·Ying Hei Chui·Alexander Salenikovich·Peyman Homami·Jean-Philippe Tremblay-Auclair
This study investigates the seismic performance of a half-scale, three-story mass timber frame with and without a chevron bracing and elastomeric damper (CB-ED) system through shake-table testing. The objective was to evaluate the CB-ED system's effectiveness as an innovative seismic force-resisting system capable of reducing seismic demands while maintaining interstory drifts within the 2.5% limit prescribed by the National Building Code of Canada (NBC). The specimen was subjected to a suite of