CUREe Woodframe Project Task Anchorage of Woodframe Buildings Hillside Connection Tests Meeting, January 12-13, 2001 Principal Investigator Yan XIAO, Ph.D., PE. Yan XIAO, Ph.D., PE. Researchers: Dr. L. Xie University of Southern California

Program Meeting Project Meeting at USC on May 16, 2000 b b Nicolino G. Delli Quadri (LA DBS) b b Steve Pryor (Simpson Strong-Tie) b b Jim Russell b b Vida Tarasyoly (Rubicon) b b Chia-Ming Uang (UCSD) b b Yan Xiao (USC) b b Li Xie (USC)

Cyclic Testing of Anchors n To experimentally define the hysteric characteristics of primary and secondary anchors n To identify the failure modes To develop and calibrate analytical models for base level diaphragm design of hillside buildings To develop and calibrate analytical models for base level diaphragm design of hillside buildings

Test Matrix

Specimen: Primary Anchor, HD15

Specimen: Secandary Anchor, HD5

Test Setup

Instrumentation

Loading Program

Preliminary Test Results: PHD5

Preliminary Test Results: HD5

Anchor Brackets

Hysteresis Loops: PHD5