研究室紹介

Timber Structure

Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies

Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies

Department of Architecture, School of Engineering

The laboratory works on the research about structures constructed by timber members. The timber, which has sustainability of stable supply, has been used for buildings since a long time ago, and the future demand is expected. However, the behavior of timber cannot be predicted precisely, because the timber has complex characteristic, which is anisotropy, nonlinearity, inhomogeneous material and so on. In order to improving the safety of timber structure, it is necessary to keep a continuous research. For the purpose of providing reliable space, We deal with basic research for timber and technological development of timber structure.

Timber Structure

Staff

Assoc.Prof. Toshiaki Sato

The Main Research Topics

  • Evaluation of long term seismic performance considering with visco-elasticity of timber
  • Study on friction characteristics of timber surface for evaluating discontinuous timber joints
  • Construction of earthquake-resistant design method for structurally controlled wooden houses
  • Evaluation of stiffness and strength of timber based on structural mechanics
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