The conservation of heritage structures is pivotal not only due to their cultural or historical
importance for nations, but also for understanding their construction techniques as a lesson …

Vernacular buildings are usually constructed using materials at hand, including wood,
natural stone and bricks (either clay or mud bricks). All those materials are exposed to a …

The strengthening effect of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) on brick masonry
walls is studied in this paper. Seven testing specimens including three unstrengthened and …

The Chuandou timber frame is a traditional timber structural system widely used for
nonengineered residential houses in southwestern China; this system is featured by beam …

The Chuan-dou timber frame is a structural system that is most suitable for natural factors
such as local topography and climatic environment, and used by the people in southwestern …

In order to study the seismic performance of Chinese traditional column-and-tie timber
structure, two 1: 2 scaled model structures, one without infilled wallboard and the other with …

A shape memory alloy (SMA) damper made of multiple SMA wires was adopted to reinforce
mortise-tenon joints. By imposing 0, 1%, and 3% pre-tension in SMA wires before low …

The reduction of gained heat, heat peak shifting, and the mitigation of air temperature
fluctuations are some desirable properties that are sought after in any thermal insulation …

This paper investigated the influence of the damage to column-foot (CF) joints and the gaps
of mortise-tenon (MT) joints on the seismic behavior of Li-Tie style timber frames with …

The structural integrity of traditional Chinese village residences may be compromised due to
inadequate connections between the timber frame and infill walls, coupled with the weak …