A retrofit of an existing 11-story steel reinforced concrete frame that features the innovative use of post-tensioned rocking walls and shear steel dampers is presented. The main components of the retrofitting plan and important design considerations are described. The retrofitting system is expected to effectively control the deformation pattern of the existing structure and significantly reduce damage to the existing structure during major earthquakes.
In this paper�moment resisting behavior of split wedge joint is examined�Bending tests for split wedge joint are conducted� Seventy-two specimens are tested� and their parameters are dimension of post� beam� tenon� notch line and wedge and tree species of members� Evaluation rule for moment resisting performance of split wedge joint is proposed using study the authors have done� It is based on the result of embedment test of wooden materials�In addition�Evaluation equation to evaluate more easily is also proposed�
Keywords : Traditional wooden structure�Split wedge joint�Embedment characteristics�Bending moment-rotation relationship�Initial bearing stress
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