DEVELOPMENT OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTING WALL OF TIMBER FRAME USING KAGOME-UNIT MADE OF BAMBOO

Abstract

A new earthquake resisting wall using the “KAGOME-unit” was developed to improve the earthquake resistant performance of timber frame. The advantage of the KAGOME-unit is superior constructivity because of light-weighted, and that it is able to improve the earthquake resistant performance keeping open space because of transparent and permeable. To evaluate the earthquake resistant performance of the earthquake resisting wall which built KAGOME-unit into timber frame, horizontal cyclic static loading tests has been conducted. As a result, it could be verified that the earthquake resistant performance of the earthquake resisting wall was about that of so-called “MITSUWARI” diagonal bracing.