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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020 Abstract Related to sustainability movement and minimizing the carbon footprint, timber structures are becoming more attractive. Wood, as main structural material, offers many benefits relate mostly to economic and ecological aspects, compared to other materials as steel or concrete.
Kuda, Daniel, Petříčková, Monika
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Prediction of Maritime Pine Boards Modulus of Elasticity by Means of Sonic Testing on Green Timber
Applied Sciences, 2021 Timber buildings are experiencing a rapid diffusion due to their good performance and their sustainability; however, some steps of structural timber production process, such as drying, are energy-intensive and environmentally impactful, and many wood ...
Giovanna Concu
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Scientific Data, 2023 Research on irregular stone masonry walls is hampered by the lack of detailed geometrical models of their internal micro-structure, i.e. the shape and size of each stone and its position within the wall.
Savvas Saloustros +5 more
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Load-carrying capacity of timber-concrete composite panels [PDF]
Инженерно-строительный журнал, 2020 Timber-concrete composite panels, due to its benefits, are one of the most popular alternatives to common slabs of pure timber or concrete. In the analyse of load-carrying capacity for timber-concrete composite panels, subjected to flexure, the important
R. Vasiljevs +4 more
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Test machine effect in the determination of modulus of elasticity for strength graded timber [PDF]
, 2022 This paper investigates if the relationship between the global and local moduli of elasticity (MoE), measured in bending tests, is affected by the test machines employed, and how that may influence strength grading.
Gil-Moreno, David +2 more
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Structural Timber Design in Curricula of Canadian Universities: Current Status and Future Needs
Education Sciences, 2021 Due to the efficiency, sustainability, and advances in firefighting technologies, the allowable height for wood buildings was increased from 4 to 6 storeys in 2015 and will be further increased to 12 storeys in the 2020 edition of the National Building ...
Hossein Daneshvar +4 more
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Genetic Improvement of Sawn-Board Stiffness and Strength in Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
Sensors, 2020 Given an overall aim of improving Scots pine structural wood quality by selective tree breeding, we investigated the potential of non-destructive acoustic sensing tools to accurately predict wood stiffness (modulus of elasticity, MOE) and strength ...
Irena Fundova +3 more
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Plastic capacity of bolted RHS flange-plate joints under axial tension
Engineering Structures and Technologies, 2016 This article considers the calculation of load-bearing capacity of flange-plate joints with bolts along two sides of rectangular hollow sections (RHS) under axial tension.
Andrej Mudrov +3 more
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Advanced Timber Construction Industry: A Review of 350 Multi-Storey Timber Projects from 2000–2021
Buildings, 2022 Throughout the last two decades the timber building sector has experienced a steady growth in multi-storey construction. Although there has been a growing number of research focused on trends, benefits, and disadvantages in timber construction from ...
Hana Svatoš-Ražnjević +2 more
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Structural Timber In Compartment Fires – The Timber Charring and Heat Storage Model
Open Engineering, 2021 The influence of exposed timber surfaces on compartment fires has been well documented in various studies in recent decades. Yet available design concepts still typically neglect the influence of an additional fire load from linear structural timber ...
Schmid Joachim, Frangi Andrea
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