Mass Timber Rocking Walls

FEMA P695 Study on Post-tensioned Mass Timber Rocking Wall Lateral Systems

Mass timber construction is gaining great interest in recent years from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. While a number of mass timber building have been built, most of them locate in low-seismic regions with non-wood lateral systems such as concrete core or steel braced frame. Mass timber rocking wall lateral system have been studied quite extensively and the knowledge and R&D deliverables have been accumulated to a point that this new system can be codified into ASCE 7. This project will conduct a FEMA P695 study to determine seismic design parameters for this new mass timber lateral system for ASCE7 adoption.

This project represents an essential step to codify the first resilient wood-based lateral system in the U.S.

• Grant Details

  Project

  FEMA P695 Study on Post-tensioned Mass Timber Rocking Wall Lateral Systems

  Grantee

  Colorado School of Mines

  Category

  Mass Timber

  Grant #

  02-23

  Award Amount

  $255,000

  Grant Period

  A project duration of two years is expected in order to target the ASCE 7-28 development cycle.

  Grant Status

  Active

  Principal Investigators

  Shiling Pei: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

  Industry Champions

  Ron Klemencic of MKA, Emily Guglielmo of Martin / Martin

  CPF Allies

  Reid Zimmerman, Technical Director at KPFF Consulting Engineers; Andre Barbosa, Professor in Structural Engineering in the School of Civil & Construction Engineering at Oregon State University; Jeff Berman, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Washington; Eric McDonnell, Principal and Director of Mass Timber at Holmes; Douglas Rammer, Research General Engineer at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory; M. Omar Amini, Manager of Wind and Seismic at the American Wood Council (AWC); Marjan Popovsk, Lead Scientist in the Building Systems Group at FPInnovations; Scott Breneman, Senior Technical Director - Mass Timber Program Manager at WoodWorks

  Supporters

  KPFF Consulting Engineers, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, DCI Engineers, TimberLab, StructureCraft

• Resources / Downloads

  In Development