SEISMIC-REV

Experimental campaign on rothoblaas products.

Mechanical property investigation via monotonic
and cyclic loading
 SEISMIC-REV
The Seismic-REV project (Reduction of Earthquake Vulnerability)
had the clear aim of reducing the seismic vulnerability of the
timber constructions, by studying and then characterizing the
behavior of the traditional metallic connections used to assemble
timber buildings. An innovative connection system, named
X-RAD, that is meant to be used for residential XLAM buildings
(Cross Laminated Timber, i.e. timber panels made of layers of
boards arranged perpendicularly one to each other), has also been
proposed. This research project involved different institutions.
Together with rothoblaas, collaborated the CNR-IVALSA Institute
of San Michele all’Adige and the University of Trento, where the
experimental and research work has been carried out.

CONNECTORS (screws, nails, ...)

Cylindrical fasteners (such as screws and nails) under both tensile and shear loads, for timber-to-panel, steel-to-timber and timber-to-timber joints.

1 2 3 4
Sheathing-to-framing specimen Steel-to-timber specimen with Timber-to-timber specimen with Timber-to-timber specimen with
with ring nails tested LBS screws tested in shear VGZ inclined screws tested HBS screws tested in shear
in shear load in combined shear
and compression

25 1 30 2
20 25
15 20
10
15
Force [kN]

Force [kN]

5
10
0
5
-5

- 10 M_OSB2,8x80 0

- 15 C_OSB2,8x80_1 -5

- 20 - 10
- 15 - 10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Displacement [mm] Displacement [mm]

40 3 30 4
35
20
30
10
25
Force [kN]

Force [kN]

20 0

15
- 10
10
M_HBS10x160
- 20
5 C_HBS10x160_2
0
- 30
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 10 0 10 20 30 40

Displacement [mm] Displacement [mm]

 CONNECTIONS (angle brackets and steel plates + fixings)
Complete steel connections (loaded in shear and tension) for timber-to-timber and timber-to-concrete joints.

1 2 3 4
TITAN timber-to-timber TITAN timber-to-timber WHT timber-to-concrete TITAN WASHER
with sound-insulation timber-to-concrete (tension)

80 1 45 2
70 40
35
60
30
Force [kN]

Force [kN]
50
25
40
20
30
15
20
10
10 5

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Displacement [mm] Displacement [mm]

120 3 120 4
100 100
80
80
60
60
40
Force [kN]

Force [kN]

40
20
20
0

- 20 0
M_WHT620
M_TITAN+
- 40 C_WHT620_1 - 20
C_TITAN+_1
- 60 - 40
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Displacement [mm] Displacement [mm]

WALL SYSTEM
Frame walls and XLAM (Cross Laminated Timber) walls assembled by using the connection types previously tested.
100 1
80
60
40
Load [kN]

20

- 100 - 80 - 60 - 40 - 20 20 40 60 80 100
- 20
- 40
1 - 60
- 80
Frame wall during testing XLAM (Cross Laminated - 100
Timber) wall during testing
Imposed horizontal displacement [mm]
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ρ[ KN
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• vu

• vmax

• Kser
Fmax
Fmax

• vy
α
160×80
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mm
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×
×
×

Fmax Fmax,con vy Kser Kser,con

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×
×
×
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 25

20

15

10
Force [kN]

−5

−10

−15
M_OSB2,8x80
C_OSB2,8x80_1
−20
−15 −10 −5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Displacement [mm]
 Fmax Fmax,con vmax Fu vu vy Kser Kser,con

×
×
×
×
×

×
×
×
×
 Fmax Fmax,con vy Kser Kser,con

×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
 4vy 6vy
×
×
×
×
 30

20

10
Force [kN]

−10

−20

M_HBS10x160
C_HBS10x160_2
−30
−40 −30 −20 −10 0 10 20 30 40
Displacement [mm]
 Fmax Fmax,con vmax Fu vu vy Kser Kser,con

×
×
×
×
×

Fmax Fmax,con vy Kser Kser,con

×
×
×
×
×
×

4vy 6vy
×
×
Fmax vmax Fu vu vy Kser

Fmax vy Kser
 60

40

20
Force [kN]

−20

−40

M_TCF200
C_TCF200_2
−60
−12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Displacement [mm]
Fmax vmax Fu vu vy Kser

Fmax vy Kser
Fmax vmax Fu vu vy Kser

Fmax vy Kser
 120

100

80

60
Force [kN]

40

20

−20
M_TITAN+
C_TITAN+_1
−40
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Displacement [mm]

Fmax vmax Fu vu vy Kser

Fmax vy Kser
 70

60

50

40

30
Force [kN]

20

10

−10
M_WHT340
C_WHT340_2
−20
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Displacement [mm]

120

100

80

60

40
Force [kN]

20

−20

−40
M_WHT620
C_WHT620_1
−60
0 5 10 15 20 25
Displacement [mm]
Fmax vmax Fu vu Fy vy Kser

Fmax vy Kser
 MTS Load - Displacement
100

90

80

70

60
Load [kN]

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Imposed horizontal displacement [mm]

MTS Load - Displacement

100

80

60

40

20
Load [kN]

0
-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100

-20

-40

-60

-80

-100

Imposed horizontal displacement [mm]

 MTS Load - Displacement
160

140

120

100
Load [kN]

80

60

40

20

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Imposed horizontal displacement [mm]

MTS Load - Displacement

150

100

50
Load [kN]

0
-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40

-50

-100

-150

-200

Imposed horizontal displacement [mm]

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φ6
φ 8 φ 10

φ8 φ 10
φ8
φ8
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×
×
×
×
×
×
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×
×

×
×

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×

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×

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