A Study on Methods to Increase the Ductility of Timber Beams

ICEARCH-25 4th International Civil Engineering & Architecture Conference, Trabzon, Türkiye, 17 - 19 Mayıs 2025, ss.1991-1995, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

Timber has many advantages in its nature like high strength over density ratio. Due to this, timber is

getting more common in construction works in general, especially in seismic regions. However, there are some

concerns about its ductility. Although it behaves ductile under compression, brittle failure occurs under tension.

Literature knowledge on this topic is also limited with a few results. To clarify this, the ductility of timber beam

was studied by means of material, elemental and structural ductility. Methods to increase the ductility of timber

beams were evaluated, and effectiveness of the methods was investigated using complete nonlinear momentcurvature

analysis. As a result of the study, various conclusion was highlighted regarding the methods to increase

ductility of timber beams and recommendations were made.