Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Investigation for Wood/PVC Composites Log-Walls under In-Plane Lateral Load.

This work experimentally determines the in-plane lateral load behavior of a full-scale WPVC composite log-wall, with and without additional through-bolts. The results indicate that the WPVC composite log-wall panel with through-bolts produced higher hysteretic parameter values in terms of strength and energy dissipation than the log-wall without through bolts due to a reduction in wall uplift (48.2% for secant stiffness of cycle, 39.