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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 The roof configurations of traditional Chinese timber buildings are unique and noticeably different from those of modern buildings, and their roof waterproofing performance is typically very poor.
Qing Chun +5 more
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A holistic framework for designing for structural robustness in tall timber buildings
Engineering structures, 2021 With the ever-increasing popularity of engineered wood products, larger and more complex structures made of timber have been built, such as new tall timber buildings of unprecedented height. Designing for structural robustness in tall timber buildings is
Konstantinos Voulpiotis +3 more
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Increased Use of Timber in New Buildings in Oslo and Akershus: Potentials and GHG Emission Effects
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2019 The choice of materials may play an important role in achieving the common European aims of near zero energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the lifecycle of buildings. The production of timber materials demands lower emissions than concrete
Marius Nygaard +3 more
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Journal of Wood Science, 2022 Dou-gong is an essential part of traditional timber buildings in East Asia, having a decoration function and a load transfer function. The San-dou component, which is vulnerable to the lateral push force of the Gong, Fang, and purlin, is a critical ...
Cheng-Wen Zhang +4 more
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ArchAlp, 2022 The Vorarlberg architect Hermann Kaufmann is a pioneer of the modern timber construction with which his name is inseparably linked. In his pleasant but persistent manner, Hermann Kaufmann has never tired of pointing out the qualities of timber
Anne Isopp
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, 2021 Numerous countries across the globe have witnessed the recent decades’ trend of multi-storey timber buildings on the rise, owing to advances in engineering sciences and timber construction technologies.
Vesna Žegarac Leskovar, M. Premrov
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Lateral stiffening systems for tall timber buildings – tube-in-tube systems
Wood Material Science & Engineering, 2022 In this paper, an adaptable and architecturally flexible lateral stiffening system for tall timber buildings between 50 and 147 m is developed and investigated. The system is based on a tube-in-tube concept.
Charles Binck, A. Cao, A. Frangi
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Timber-steel-hybrid beams for multi-storey buildings
, 2012 For modern multi-storey buildings timber-steel-hybrid elements present a very efficient construction method. The combination of these two materials leads to economic and ecologic benefits as the construction height can be optimized, the earthquake ...
Winter, Wolfgang +3 more
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Analysis of a Fire in an Apartment of Timber Building Depending on the Ventilation Parameter
Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021 In modern buildings are also currently used the wooden-based construction systems. A wide range of uses the timber constructions in apartment buildings is a vision of the countries of the EU.
Iringová Agnes, Vandličková Dominika
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Buildings, 2021 The uptake of buildings employing cross-laminated timber (CLT) assemblies and designed to Passivhaus standard has accelerated internationally over the past two decades due to several factors including responses to the climate crisis by decarbonising the ...
Marcus Strang +3 more
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