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Structural sawn timber: resource enhancement

open access: yesИнженерно-строительный журнал, 2016
The strength properties of wood have a great variability within the same species and the same growing region. In this regard, defect parameters do not fully characterize the strength and deformability of structural timber. Deterioration of timber quality
V.E. Byzov, V.I. Melekhov
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High-rise timber buildings: Benchmarks in structural systems, fire safety, prefabrication efficiency and environmental insights of world's 10 tallest completed mass timber projects

open access: yesFrontiers of Architectural Research
This study provides a systematic comparative overview of the world's 10 tallest completed timber buildings, moving beyond descriptive reports to establish a synthesized framework of benchmarks for structural systems, material specifications, fire safety,
Libo Yan, Haoze Chen, Junaid Ajaz Dand
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On Design and Development of Wood-Concrete Bridge Structure

open access: yesВестник СибАДИ
Introduction. Timber as a structural material for bridge spans has some advantages compared to currently widespread reinforced concrete or steel. New technological and structural forms of timber spans should comply with modern requirements for load ...
Vladimir A. Utkin   +3 more
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Study on Aseismic Characteristics of Tibetan Ancient Timber Structure

open access: yesAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017
Tibetan ancient timber structure has great historical, cultural, artistic, and scientific values. The structural configuration of members such as wall, roof, slab, and timber skeleton with semirigid joints is studied in this paper based on field survey ...
Juan Wang   +3 more
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CE Marking of Structural Timber: the European Standardization Framework and its Effects on Italian Manufacturers

open access: yesDrvna Industrija, 2013
Structural timber has been used for centuries in construction and represents a traditional building component in many countries of the European Union. Nowadays, the interest in its use has been renewed due to several factors such as: ease of processing ...
Francesco Negro   +2 more
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Application of modern timber structure in short and medium span bridges in China

open access: yesJournal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online), 2014
A series of problems about Chinese bridges with short and medium span recent years were analyzed in this paper. The necessity and feasibility of modern timber structure applied in short and medium span bridges in China were also put forward.
Meizhen Fu   +4 more
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Evaluating the Role of Mechanical Connections and Reinforcements in Modular Timber Beam Behaviour

open access: yesJournal of the Civil Engineering Forum
Modular timber construction faces critical challenges in connection performance, with mechanical joints representing the weakest structural elements in segmented systems, particularly for rapid-deployment infrastructure applications such as temporary ...
Mohd Rizuwan Mamat   +2 more
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Structural Health Monitoring System Based on FBG Sensing Technique for Chinese Ancient Timber Buildings

open access: yesSensors, 2019
Due to the long-term service, Chinese ancient timber buildings show varying degrees of wear. Thus, structural health monitoring (SHM) for these cultural and historical treasures is desperately needed to evaluate the service status.
Shao-Fei Jiang   +6 more
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Nondestructive Testing and System Reliability Based on Finite Element Modeling in GFRP-Reinforced Timber Beams

open access: yesBioResources, 2014
In the past few decades, the use of glass fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRP) to enhance the strength and stiffness of timber beams has been established. Research to predict the performance of structural timber is ongoing.
Xiaodong Zhu, Yu Liu
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