ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: This paper describes results of the shake-table tests of glue-laminated frames with glass fiber reinforced connections. Typical design (control) was compared with frames that contained densified wood in connection regions reinforced with glass-fiber-epoxy composite. The connection zones used densified wood to increasemoment and normal force capacities. Glass-fiber fabric was used in vertically laminated members to mitigate potentially brittle failures resulting from tensile strains across wood fibers. The tests showed superior performance of fiber-reinforced frames that behaved as self-correcting system with plastic deformations in beam-to-column connections and the elastic energy stored in the beams and columns. Analytical models of connections and frames were developed and compared with experiments.
