Pei, ShilingLenon, Conor2016-01-142022-02-032016-01-142022-02-032015https://hdl.handle.net/11124/1699992015 Fall.Includes illustrations (some color).Includes bibliographical references.Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is a new engineered wood material that was introduced in the past decade as a promising candidate to build structures over 10 stories. So far, a handful of tall CLT buildings have been built in low seismic regions around the world. Full-scaled seismic shaking table tests revealed the vulnerability of this building type when resisting seismically-induced overturning. This study proposes a new analysis and design approach for developing overturning resistance for platform CLT buildings. New structural detailing is proposed to alter the moment-resisting mechanism and enable coupled action through the floor system. The method is applied to the design of a 12-story CLT building, which was evaluated numerically to assess the conservativeness of the design through system level finite element model simulations.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.anchor tie down systemcross-laminated timberoverturningseismic designText