PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Timber and bamboo structures
- Earthquake engineering
- Historic buildings conservation
Dr Wen-Shao Chang
BS Arch, MS Arch, PhD, FHEA
Profile
Dr. Wen-Shao Chang is a Lecturer in Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at University of Bath, he is specialised in timber and bamboo engineering. He aims to promote use of renewable materials to deliver a sustainable future via his research.
Dr. Wen-Shao Chang was awarded his PhD, MSc and BSc degrees from the Department of Architecture at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He has academic backgrounds in both Architecture and Structural Engineering. Before being appointed as a lecturer in Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at University of Bath, Dr. Chang worked as a JSPS Research Fellow in the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) of Kyoto University, Japan. He was also invited as a RISH Visiting Associate Professor at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2012.
Research
Wen-Shao’s research interests follow three main themes: timber and bamboo engineering, earthquake engineering, conservation of historic buildings. He has excellent links with academics in Japan and Taiwan; he also works with academics in Canada, China, Singapore and some European countries. He has authored and co-authored a number of papers in international peer reviewed journals, and is constantly invited as reviewer for some peer reviewed journals, such as Engineering Structures, Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Wood Science, Wood and Fibre Science.
Publications
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
Reynolds, T., Harris, R. and Chang, W.-S., 2013. Forthcoming. An analytical model for embedment stiffness of a dowel in timber under cyclic load. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
Trujillo, D. J. A., Ramage, M. and Chang, W.-S., 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
Reynolds, T., Harris, R. and Chang, W.-S., 2013. Forthcoming. Viscoelastic embedment behaviour of dowels and screws in timber under inservice vibration. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
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.
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 of Timber Engineering 2012, 2012-07-16 - 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.
