Items by Chang, Dr Wen-Shao

Book/s

Chen, C. J. and Chang, W. S., 2005. Modern Wood Architecture (in Simplified Chinese). Tianjin, China: Tianjin University Press.

Chen, C. J. and Chang, W. S., 2003. Wood Architecture (in Traditional Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: SinoBook.

Book Sections

Chang, W.-S., Wakita, T., Kitamori, A., Komatsu, K., Kataoka, Y. and Hsu, M.-F., 2012. Dynamic Properties of a Traditional Complex Bracket Sets in an Oriental Temple. In: World Conference on Timber Engineering 2012, WCTE 2012. Vol. 5. , pp. 460-463.

Reynolds, T., Harris, R. and Chang, W.-S., 2012. Dynamic stiffness and damping of dowel-type connections for timber structures under service conditions. In: World Conference on Timber Engineering 2012, WCTE 2012. Vol. 1. , pp. 566-573.

Ye, S. Y., Hsu, M. F., Chang, W. S. and Chen, J. L., 2011. Life cycle assessment of timber components in Taiwan traditional temples. In: Proceedings of the 12th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, EASEC12. Vol. 14. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 2683-2691. (Procedia Engineering)

Hsu, M. F. and Chang, W. S., 2007. Research efforts being devoted to traditional Chuan-Dou timber structures after Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan. In: Brebbia, C. A., ed. Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture X. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, pp. 143-152.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Chen, W. C., 2005. A novel procedure for evaluating the rotational stiffness of traditional timber joints in Taiwan. In: Brebbia, C. A., ed. Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture IX. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, pp. 169-178.

Chem, C. J., Hsu, M. F. and Chang, W. S., 2003. In-situ evaluation of timber roof structures of historic buildings. In: Brebbia, C. A., ed. Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture VIII. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, pp. 815-824.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2003. Modified estimation method of fundamental periods of historic buildings with masonry shear walls in Taiwan. In: Brebbia, C. A., ed. Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture VIII. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, pp. 565-574.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2003. Modified estimation method of fundamental periods of historic buildings with masonry shear walls in Taiwan. In: Brebbia, C. A., ed. Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture VIII. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, pp. 565-574.

Articles

Trujillo, D., Chang, W.-S. and Ramage, M., 2013. Forthcoming. Lightly modified bamboo for structural applications. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Chang, W.-S., Murakami, S., Komatsu, K., Araki, Y., Shrestha, K., Omori, T. and Kainuma, R., 2013. Forthcoming. Potential to use shape memory alloy in timber dowel-type connection. Wood and Fiber Science

Murakami, S., Kitamori, A., Jung, K., Chang, W.-S. and Komatsu, K., 2012. Prediction of Reinforcement Effect by Screw on Triangular Embedment Perpendicular to the Grain with Variation of Screw Locations. Open Journal of Civil Engineering, 2 (1), pp. 167-173.

Chang, W.-S., Hsu, M.-F. and Komatsu, K., 2011. A new proposal to reinforce planked timber shear walls. Journal of Wood Science, 57 (6), pp. 493-500.

Chang, W.-S., Thomson, A., Harris, R., Walker, P. and Shanks, J., 2011. Development of all-wood connections with plywood flitch plate and oak pegs. Advances in Structural Engineering, 14 (2), pp. 123-132.

Hadi, M., Murakami, S., Kitamori, A., Chang, W. S. and Komatsu, K., 2010. Performance of shear wall composed of LVL and cement fiber board sheathing. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 9 (2), pp. 463-469.

Jung, K., Murakami, S., Kitamori, A., Chang, W. S. and Komatsu, K., 2010. Improvement of glued-in-rod joint system using compressed wooden dowel. Holzforschung, 64 (6), pp. 799-804.

Chang, W.-S., Shanks, J., Kitamori, A. and Komatsu, K., 2009. The structural behaviour of timber joints subjected to bi-axial bending. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 38 (6), pp. 739-757.

Shanks, J. D., Chang, W. S. and Komatsu, K., 2008. Experimental study on mechanical performance of all-softwood pegged mortice and tenon connections. Biosystems Engineering, 100 (4), pp. 562-570.

Chang, W. S., Komatsu, K., Hsu, M. F. and Chen, W. J., 2007. On mechanical behavior of traditional timber shear wall in Taiwan I: Background and theory derivation. Journal of Wood Science, 53 (1), pp. 17-23.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F., Komatsu, K. and Chen, W. J., 2007. On mechanical behavior of traditional timber shear wall in Taiwan II: Simplified calculation and experimental verification. Journal of Wood Science, 53 (1), pp. 24-30.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2007. Rotational performance of traditional Nuki joints with gap II: The behavior of butted Nuki joint and its comparison with continuous Nuki joint. Journal of Wood Science, 53 (5), pp. 401-407.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Komatsu, K., 2006. Rotational performance of traditional Nuki joints with gap I: Theory and verification. Journal of Wood Science, 52 (1), pp. 58-62.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2005. Mechanical characteristics of traditional go-dou and stepped dovetail timber connections in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science, 20 (1), pp. 61-71.

Chang, W. S., Chen, C. J. and Hsu, M. F., 2004. Examining types of timber joints in traditional Chuan-Dou timber frame by stress wave method. Journal of Architecture, 50, pp. 1-13.

Conference or Workshop Items

Yeo, S. Y., Komatsu, K., Hsu, M.-F., Chang, W.-S., Wakita, T. and Kataoka, Y., 2013. A Preliminary Study on the Structural Stiffness of Taiwanese Traditional Dieh-Dou Asymmetric Timber Frame. In: The 63th Annual meeting of the JWRS, 2013-03-27 - 2013-03-29.

Reynolds, T., Harris, R. and Chang, W.-S., 2012. Dynamic Behaviour Of Timber Perpendicular To The Grain In Dowel-Type Connections. In: 12th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2012-07-15 - 2012-07-19, Auckland.

Yeo, S. Y., Chang, W.-S., Hsu, M.-F. and Komatsu, K., 2011. The structural behaviour of timber frame under various roof weights – using Taiwanese traditional Die-Dou timber frame as case study. In: East Asian Architectural Culture International Conference (EAAC 2011), 2011-05-12 - 2011-05-14, Singapore.

Yeo, S. Y., Hsu, M.-F., Chang, W. S. and Chen, J.-L., 2011. Life cycle assessment of timber components in Taiwan traditional temples. In: The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific on Structural Engineering and Construction, 2011-01-26 - 2011-01-28, Hong Kong.

Hsu, M. F., Yeo, S. and Chang, W. S., 2010. A preliminary research on the life cycle of historic timber buildings in Taiwan – using ten traditional temples as a case study. In: 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Wood Research Society, 2010-03-17 - 2010-03-19, Miyazaki.

Chang, W. S., Jung, K., Kitamori, A., Hsu, M. F. and Komatsu, K., 2010. Experimental study of structural behaviour of Kumimono in Taiwanese traditional temple under varying vertical load. In: 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Wood Research Society, 2010-03-17 - 2010-03-19, Miyazaki.

Jung, K., Murakami, S., Kitamori, A., Chang, W. S. and Komatsu, K., 2010. GIR 接合部用引張ダボとしてのスギ圧縮材の利用に関する研究. In: 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Wood Research Society, 2010-03-17 - 2010-03-19, Miyazaki.

Chang, W. S. and Komatsu, K., 2010. Experiment on traditional timber connections subjected to bi-axial bending. In: 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), 2010-06-20 - 2010-06-24, Trentino.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2010. Full-scale experiment on reinforced Taiwanese traditional timber frames. In: 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), 2010-06-20 - 2010-06-24, Trentino.

Kitamori, A., Jung, K., Hassel, I., Chang, W. S., Komatsu, K. and Suzuki, Y., 2010. Mechanical analysis of lateral loading behaviour on Japanese traditional frame structure depending on the vertical load. In: 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), 2010-06-20 - 2010-06-24, Trentino.

Thomson, A., Harris, R., Walker, P., Ansell, M. and Chang, W. S., 2009. Contemporary metal free dowel connections for timber structures. In: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2009), 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09, Bath.

Chang, W. S., Thomson, A., Walker, P. and Harris, R., 2009. Optimization of the all-wood pegged beam-to-beam timber connections. In: 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2009), 2009-09-06 - 2009-09-09, Bath.

Chang, W. S., 2009. Reinforcement of traditional timber shear walls. In: 1st International Symposium of Indonesian Wood Research Society., 2009-01-01, Bogor.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Lo, M., 2008. Full-scale experiment on traditional timber frames of Taiwan. In: 10th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05, Miyazaki.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Chen, W. J., 2006. Experimental study on traditional wooden shear walls in Taiwan. In: 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2006-01-01, Oregon.

Tseng, Y. J., Tsui-hui Chen, T. H., Wu, T. C., Hsu, M. F. and Chang, W. S., 2006. The space information of traditional Dei-dou timber frames in Taiwan and their applications. In: 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2006-01-01, Oregon.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2005. Evaluation of rotational performance of traditional nuki joint. In: 55th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, 2005-01-01, Kyoto.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Chen, C. J., 2004. Estimating rotational stiffness of timber joints by using fractional factorial experiments combined with computer simulation. In: 8th World Conference on Timber Engineering, 2004-01-01, Lahti.

Chen, C. J., Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2002. The feasibility of non-destructive investigations on structural assessment of historic buildings in Taiwan. In: 7th World Conference of Timber Engineering, 2002-08-01, Shah Allam.

Chang, W. S. and Hsu, M. F., 2001. Dynamic characteristics of adobe buildings in Taiwan. In: 1st International Conference on Planning and Design, 2001-01-01, Tainan, Taiwan.

Chang, W. S., Hsu, M. F. and Chang, J. S., 2001. Investigation on dynamic characteristics of historic buildings with traditional style by using ambient vibration measurement. In: 7th Conference on Inspection, Appraisal, Repairs and Maintenance of Buildings and Structures, 2001-01-01, Nottingham.