2006 Volume 12 Issue 23 Pages 315-320
The authors have developed wooden shear wall constituted by double wood siding board made by foothold boards. This new system can secure the insulation and air humidity control performance. It has been proven that the wall has endurance for practical use by horizontal loading test. As a result, the initial stiffness of test specimen with dowel has indicated high value, and wall magnification also has indicated twice or more value conpared with the notification, so the practicality of this system has been confirmed.
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