Structural & Material Eng. - Timber Engineering Forum https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/ Timber Engineering Discussion Board en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 15:56:38 +0000 wpForo 60 Connection Calculator https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/connection-calculator/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:33:38 +0000 I just wanted to make a quick post to share this connection calculator that I have found useful in my career from AWC. You still have to be careful to apply the correct adjustment factors, but I find the tool much easier than using the table lookups in the NDS and it is nice to have as a screenshot for a MathCAD sheet or similar: 

Connection Calculator

]]> Structural & Material Eng. Steven Kordziel https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/connection-calculator/ Free software for numerical analysis of timber structures https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/free-software-for-numerical-analysis-of-timber-structures/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:45:45 +0000  

I would like to introduce my own making numerical analysis software "wallstat".
wallstat is numerical analysis program for timber frame structures. Three-dimensional analysis can be easily performed.
You can use this software free of charge for reserrch purpose. Please try.

https://www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~nakagawa/english/wallstat_e.html

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]]> Structural & Material Eng. Takafumi NAKAGAWA https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/free-software-for-numerical-analysis-of-timber-structures/ Modeling Mass Timber Rocking Walls Using OpenSees https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/modeling-mass-timber-rocking-walls-using-opensees/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:33:38 +0000 Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on modeling rocking cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls using OpenSees. I’m reaching out to the community to ask if anyone has experience or resources related to nonlinear material modeling for timber walls in OpenSees, especially with consideration of orthotropic properties.

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Best regards,
Navid

]]> Structural & Material Eng. nrahgozar https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/modeling-mass-timber-rocking-walls-using-opensees/ Numerical modeling for wood structures https://timberengineering.org/community/structural-material-eng/numerical-modeling-for-wood-structures/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:59:30 +0000 What are the tools you use for modeling of wood buildings? Please share it in reply 😀 

I used to work on a program SAPWood that is based on SAWS and CUREE platform for seismic analysis of light framed wood buildings

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it can still be downloaded here, also listed in the Useful Resources page on this website.

http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/downloads/SAPWood.7z

I have not worked on this for years but missed doing it, maybe I will start an opensource Github project on it...

 

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