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Innovative Structural Systems for Timber Buildings: A Comprehensive Review of Contemporary Solutions

Buildings, 2023
The remarkable development of timber construction technologies in recent decades has led to an increase in the number of timber buildings worldwide, including multi-storey buildings.
Miroslav Premrov, Vesna Žegarac Leskovar   +1 more
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Imaging of Structural Timber Based on In Situ Radar and Ultrasonic Wave Measurements: A Review of the State-of-the-Art [PDF]

Sensors
With the rapidly growing interest in using structural timber, a need exists to inspect and assess these structures using non-destructive testing (NDT). This review article summarizes NDT methods for wood inspection.
Narges Pahnabi, Thomas Schumacher, Arijit Sinha   +2 more
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Structural health monitoring of timber bridges – A review

Results in Engineering
Studies on structural health monitoring of timber bridges are limited. The unique characteristics of timber, such as anisotropy, hygroscopicity, and high variability under climate changes, necessitate the customization of a structural health monitoring ...
Farshid Abdoli, Maria Rashidi, Jun Wang, Rafat Siddique, Vahid Nasir   +4 more
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Sustainable and Efficient Structural Systems for Tall Buildings: Exploring Timber and Steel–Timber Hybrids through a Case Study

Buildings
The paper focuses on tall timber buildings. The major aim of this paper is to identify the most sustainable and efficient structural system to increase the height of timber buildings, also considering steel–timber hybrid structures. First of all, a brief
Fabrizio Ascione, Francesco Esposito, Giacomo Iovane, Diana Faiella, Beatrice Faggiano, Elena Mele   +5 more
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Reciprocal frame design for large-scale timber construction [PDF]

Nature Communications
Timber structures are attracting increasing interest due to their sustainability, especially as reinforced concrete proves less durable and more environmentally harmful than expected.
Peiqi Xu, Pengyang Zhao, Bo Xia, Zhenyu Zhao, Nianxiong Liu, Shuyang Zhang, Jianbin Du   +6 more
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A Timber–Concrete–Composite Edge Connection for Two-Way Spanning Cross-Laminated Timber Slabs—Experimental Investigations and Analytical Approach

Buildings, 2023
This paper introduces a method to create a moment-resisting edge connection between two cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. With this connection, two-way spanning cross-laminated timber slabs can be realised, where the span exceeds the manufacturing and
Thomas Stieb, Roland Maderebner, Philipp Dietsch   +2 more
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Experimental study on the embedment strength of smooth dowels inserted in cross-laminated timber narrow side

Journal of Wood Science, 2022
The embedment properties of the dowel-type fasteners is a fundamental parameter that can determine the shear resisting performance of the connections utilized in cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures. To investigate the embedment strength of the smooth
Weiguo Long, Jiajia Ou, Xiaofeng Sun, Xinyue Huang, Minjuan He, Zheng Li   +5 more
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Investigation of the Effects of Different Types of Traditional Timber Load-Bearing Systems Used in Turkey on Building Behaviour

Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2022
Recently historic timber structures in Turkey are unfortunately not given the value they deserve. Although timber structures are unique symbols of our cultural heritage, they are forgotten for natural and human reasons.
Merve Saatci, Şenol Gürsoy, Yüksel Turcan   +2 more
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Conceptual Design of Timber-Wood Concrete-Glass façades

Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2020
Within several research projects and with the aim to optimize structural performance, energy efficiency and ecological characteristics of structural building components the Department of Structural Design and Timber Engineering (ITI) at the Vienna ...
Alireza Fadai, Daniel Stephan
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Re-Analysis of Historical Data and Model Calibration of Duration of Load Effect on Structural Timber

Buildings, 2023
The duration of load (DOL) effect in structure timber refers to the degradation of strength and stiffness that occurs under long-term continuous loading.
Mingyun Zhao, Ernian Zhao, Xin Zhang, Qingxia Yue   +3 more
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