Shaking table test of semi-rigid timber frame structure with oil damper

Abstract

In Japan, high performance damping buildings and houses are required to improve seismic safety and to minimize damage, because of many occurrences of severe earthquakes. On the other hand, Japanese wooden houses do not have enough shear walls to keep large and many openings and semi-rigid timber portal frame has been developed and has increased. However, semi-rigid timber frame structure is relatively soft. This paper presents seismic performance of semi-rigid timber frame structure with damper through full-size shaking table tests. We compared response deformations during moderate and severe ground motions among only frame, frame with oil damper and frame with shear wall to verify damping effect of oil damper.