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Jorge E. Romero,Frederick J. Swanson,Julia A. Jones,Daniele Morgavi,Guido Giordano,Matteo Trolese,Felipe Aguilera,Tatiana Izquierdo,Diego Perugini
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The 22-23 April 2015 eruption of the Calbuco volcano (Southern Andes, Chile) led to extensive pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) interactions with vegetation. We seek to describe the PDCs which affected both Tepu and Frío rivers, northern Calbuco, from ...
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Zhanyi Zhang, Shuangyong Wang, Hao Deng and Haibin Zhou
Walking-induced vibration control in wood floors is a critical issue attracting the attention of many researchers and engineers. This paper presents an experimental study applying static deflection tests, modal tests, and pedestrian load tests to a serie...
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Ariya Eini, Lina Zhou and Chun Ni
Light-frame wood structures are the most common type of construction for residential and low-rise buildings in North America. The 2015 edition of the National Building Code of Canada has increased the height limit for light-frame wood construction from 4...
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Jussi Matias Savolainen, Hüseyin Emre Ilgin, Eveliina Oinas and Markku Karjalainen
This study aims to understand the views and experiences of Tampere residents in Finland about multi-story timber-framed apartments and wooden structures through a questionnaire. The 151 responses highlighted two main issues: (1) multi-story timber-framed...
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Andrea Roncari, Filippo Gobbi and Cristiano Loss
Simplified seismic design procedures mostly recommend the adoption of rigid floor diaphragms when forming a building?s lateral force-resisting structural system. While rigid behavior is compatible with many reinforced concrete or composite steel-concrete...
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Pedro Coelho, Ana Silva and Jorge de Brito
Wood is a natural, sustainable, and renewable material, which has been used as flooring for centuries, but not enough is known about its durability and performance over time when subjected to different degradation agents. This study proposes a methodolog...
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Juha M. Metsaranta, Suzanne Beauchemin, Sean Langley, Bryan Tisch and Phyllis Dale
Restoring sites disturbed by industrial activity to a forested condition can ensure the continued provision of economic and ecosystem services from these areas. Impounded mine tailings are particularly challenging sites, and positive benefits of establis...
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Paul Jiménez, Anita Dunkl, Kerstin Eibel, Elisabeth Denk, Vincent Grote, Christina Kelz and Maximilian Moser
Wood is generally associated with being practical, aesthetic and economy-friendly. Using wood in interior settings also can be based on psychological expectations and assumptions, as wood is attributed as warmer, more homely, more relaxing and more invit...
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Alfonso Cobo Escamilla, María Nieves González García, Nuria Llauradó Pérez
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One of the requirements which must be met by the temporary edge protection systems (TEPS) is to stop a worker who walks, stumbles, falls and knocks against the system. The effect of the worker?s crash with the protection system is a dynamic type stress a...
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Niklas Galonske, Eckhard Riebe, Armand Toubol, Sebastian Weismantel
Pág. 2850 - 2859
Rail transports of single wagons or wagon groups are an indispensable part of the transport chain, such as for the forestry and the chemical industry. However, high production costs and low quality standards have led to a continuous decline in market sha...
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