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José Luis Gómez-Royuela, Almudena Majano-Majano, Antonio José Lara-Bocanegra, José Xavier and Marcelo F. S. F. de Moura
In the present work, single- and double-dowel joints following different geometric configurations are experimentally and numerically investigated to derive the splitting behaviour of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.), one of the most widespread hardwood sp...
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Jozef Gocál, Josef Vican, Jaroslav Odrobinák, Richard Hlinka, Franti?ek Bahleda and Agnieszka Wdowiak-Postulak
In addition to traditional building materials, such as steel and concrete, wood has been gaining increasing prominence in recent years. In the past, the use of wood was limited due to its susceptibility to damage by fungi, insects, and temperature. These...
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Sonja Laasonen and Sami Pajunen
This literature review examined the functionality of the connection or connections and disassembly as a general strategy. The prerequisites that arose for disassembly were, among other things, damage tolerance, reduction of emissions compared to raw mate...
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Elza M. M. Fonseca, Pedro A. S. Leite, Lino D. S. Silva, Vânia S. B. Silva and Hernâni M. Lopes
This work presents the results of three types of timber connections, in double-shear, with metal dowel-type fasteners, using the simplified equations from of Eurocode 5. All the design parameters were established and compared using three different proper...
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Hideki Hirakawa, Takeyoshi Uematsu, Akira Fukushima, Yusuke Adachi and Koki Kikuta
Since the Japanese Building Standards Act was revised in 2000, the installation of steel timber connectors (STCs) to reinforce timber frame (TF) connections has been mandated for new-build TF houses in Japan. However, for the TF houses built before then,...
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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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Ariunaa Ganbaatar, Takuro Mori, Ryo Inoue and Sunjidmaa Danzandorj
There are many ways to strengthen an unreinforced brick masonry wall. One of the strengthening methods applies timber, which is a lightweight and easy installation. The connection between the timber and the brick masonry wall plays an important role. In ...
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Md Saiful Islam, Ying Hei Chui and Mohammed Sadiq Altaf
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the short-term mechanical performance of timber screw connections comprising two types of fasteners suitable for a novel panelized roof design process. Thirty-seven specimens of five different c...
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Maral Jafari, Yuxin Pan, Md Shahnewaz and Thomas Tannert
The effects of long duration ground motions on the seismic performance of a newly constructed two-storey balloon-type cross-laminated timber (CLT) building located in Vancouver, Canada, was studied. A three-dimensional numerical model of the building was...
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Arthur S. Rebouças, Zabih Mehdipour, Jorge M. Branco and Paulo B. Lourenço
In the last two decades, high-rise timber buildings have been built using the glulam truss system, even with limited openings. Moment-resisting timber frames (MRTF) with semi-rigid beam-to-column connections can be an architecture-friendly way to provide...
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