Structural Characteristics Evaluation of Dou-Gong Collected From Traditional Timber Architecture Constructed in the Late Edo Period

This study is an experimental study using Dou-gong extracted from the demolition site of a traditional timber architecture constructed in 1856. In order to clarify the hysteresis curve and deformation behavior of Dou-gong, two-dimensional and one-dimensional horizontal loading experiments were carried out under a vertical load of 20 kN. At the same time, the effects of aging were verified by comparing the results of a dynamic loading test8) on new materials. As a result of the experiment, it was clarified that the hysteresis curves of both are similar although there is a difference in deformation behavior.