Ancient Chinese Timber Architecture. I: Experimental Study

Fang, Dongping; Iwasaki, Shoji; Yu, Mao-Hong; Shen, Geoffrey Qiping; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Hikosaka, H.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(2001)127:11(1348)

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“…For this reason, in our study, we refer to these structures as ancient Chinese-style architecture, where many such structures are designated as historical heritage sites, such as the Fogong Temple in Shanxi, China (built in 1056); Nam Dae Mun in Seoul, South Korea (rebuilt in 1448); and the Horioji Temple in Nala, Japan (built in 682) [12]. As one of the world's three mainstream and historic building systems, Chinese-style architecture has unique characteristics, relative to European and Islamic architectural styles.…”

Section: Ancient Chinese-style Architecture and Roofsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has an indigenous and unique system of construction that has retained its principal characteristic from prehistoric times to the present and has spread its influence to other countries, such as Korea and Japan [12], as shown in Figure 1a-c. Unfortunately, a mass of the artistic architectures disappeared due to the brittle timber structures and natural or human-made disasters.…”

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Semantic 3D Modeling Based on CityGML for Ancient Chinese-Style Architectural Roofs of Digital Heritage

Lin

Tang

Zhu

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IJGI

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Ancient Chinese-style architecture has received increased attention during the last century as a segment of cultural heritage and is of great significance, specifically in regard to the process of digitizing and modeling these buildings to preserve and protect this heritage. Because the roof form reflects the age of the structure, the structural character and the historical culture of the ancient building, constructing a refined model for the roof is a primary aspect of the 3D modeling procedure. To avoid cumbersome traditional modeling approaches that use geometry units, such as points, lines and triangles, a flexible semantic method is proposed in this study to improve modeling efficiency and reduce the professional requirements. In this method, a two-level semantic decomposition of the roof is presented according to the characteristics of ancient Chinese-style architecture. The structural level reveals the basic components that determine its structural shape, and the decorative level refers to the attached components that influence the exterior appearance. The assembly validity of the decomposed elements and the combined diversity of the integrated entities are ensured by topological constraints and derived transformations of the semantic components. This proposed method was implemented by utilizing CityGML (City Geography Markup Language) via the ADE (Application Domain Extension) mechanism and was tested by modeling the principal buildings included in the Palace Museum.

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Section: Ancient Chinese-style Architecture and Roofsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Semantic 3D Modeling Based on CityGML for Ancient Chinese-Style Architectural Roofs of Digital Heritage

Lin

Tang

Zhu

et al. 2017

IJGI

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“…Experimental studies were carried out to assess the dynamic behavior of traditional Chinese [35][36][37] and Japanese [38][39][40] constructions. Of particular interest to the purpose of the present study are the results provided in Ref.…”

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Ductile Behavior of Timber Structures under Strong Dynamic Loads

Porcu¹

2017

Wood in Civil Engineering

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Due to their comparatively low mass that implies reduced horizontal dynamic loads even during strong earthquakes, wood-made buildings might be a good choice in seismic prone regions. To meet the modern design philosophy requirements, however, such structures should be able to behave in a ductile way under exceptional events. By presenting a brief review of the latest developments in the field, this chapter investigates on when and to what extent historical and modern timber buildings may exhibit a ductile and dissipative behavior. A special focus is given to the crucial role of connections and to the difficulties involved by their mechanical model when carrying out codebased non-linear dynamic analyses. Although a ductile behavior is typically required under strong earthquakes, it is to note that a well-designed ductile structure may also be able to withstand other exceptional events as, for instance, tornadoes or blasts.

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“…And Fang et al [6], [7] performed shaking table test on an ancient Chinese timber structure and evaluated its load carrying capacity.…”

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Monitoring of Vertical Deflection and Moisture Contents in Korean Traditional Timber Houses

Yeong-Min¹

2015

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In this research, surface moisture contents of columns and roof deflection of three Korean traditional timber houses were monitored. The monitored houses are composed of two different types of Hanok, that is, a one-story traditional Hanok built by traditional construction method, and two two-storied new-styled Hanok built by modernized construction method. The monitoring of traditional Hanok and new-styled Hanok1 has been carried out for about two and a half years, and that of the new-styled Hanok2 is 14 months. The monitored moisture contents were analyzed according to column location to the sun, wood types and relative humidity. The moisture contents of the northern columns are 0.71% higher than those of the southern columns, and moisture contents of raw wood was 0.83% higher than that of the glued structural wood. The mean vertical deflection of angle rafters is 11.6mm in traditional Hanok, 4.2mm in new-styled Hanok1 and 2.1mm in new-styled Hanok2. Meanwhile, the mean vertical deflection of plane rafters is 21.5mm in traditional Hanok, 9.7mm in new-styled Hanok1 and 20.3mm in new-styled Hanok2. Angle rafters and plane rafters showed meaningful deformations and that were affected mainly by roof weight and supporting member.

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Ancient Chinese Timber Architecture. I: Experimental Study

Cited by 93 publications

References 7 publications

Semantic 3D Modeling Based on CityGML for Ancient Chinese-Style Architectural Roofs of Digital Heritage

Semantic 3D Modeling Based on CityGML for Ancient Chinese-Style Architectural Roofs of Digital Heritage

Ductile Behavior of Timber Structures under Strong Dynamic Loads

Monitoring of Vertical Deflection and Moisture Contents in Korean Traditional Timber Houses

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