Finite element modelling aspects of mid-rise light frame wood buildings

在过去的十年里，轻质木结构建筑作为一种可持续的， 低层多住宅建筑的经济高效的解决方案。最近，推动一直是延长 在城市填充项目中，使用轻质木框架到中层建筑，以增加密度。在2009年， 不列颠哥伦比亚省修改了他们的建筑法规，允许五层和六层的木结构住宅， 2014年初，安大略省通过立法，允许建造六层以下的木结构建筑 在下一个安大略建筑法规修正案（2015年1月1日生效）。在进行详细的文献研究时， 回顾，很少有研究集中在这些结构的三维行为下， 横向载荷此外，目前的结构分析和设计（世界范围内）这些轻型框架木材 结构（LFWS）是在逐个元素的基础上执行的，忽略了 建筑的结构体系。这项研究中提出的研究将建立在调查结果，发展， 在过去几年中开发简化工具和设计LFWS的经验中获得的经验。

Light-weight wood framed construction has gained significant popularity over the past decade as a sustainable, cost-effective solution for low-rise multi-residential buildings. More recently, the push has been to extend the use of light wood framing to mid-rise construction for increased density on urban infill projects. In 2009, British Columbia amended their building code to allow five and six storey residential wood-framed buildings, and in early 2014 the Province of Ontario passed legislation to permit wood-framed buildings up to six storeys in the next Ontario Building Code amendment (effective January 1, 2015). In conducting a detailed literature review, very little research has been focused on the three-dimensional behaviour of these structures under lateral loads. In addition, the current structural analysis and design (worldwide) of these light-frame wood structures (LFWS) is performed on an element by element basis, neglecting the overall behaviour of the building's structural system. The research proposed in this study will build on the findings, development, and experience gained during the past years of developing the simplified tool and experience in designing LFWS.