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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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Xiaochuan Jiang, Jun Wang, Ying Zhang and Shenxue Jiang
This paper reports on investigations of the air-coupled ultrasonic (ACU) method to detect common defects in solid timber panels made of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.). The ACU technology is a non-contact method for nondestructive tim...
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Joseph Kwame Ofori-Kuragu, Robert Osei-Kyei and Nadeeshani Wanigarathna
Offsite construction has become popular in recent times due to the numerous benefits it offers compared to traditional construction methods. This paper explores the different offsite construction methods, the motivations for adopting these approaches, an...
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Cláudio Meireis, Filipa S. Serino, Carlos Maia, André C. Fontes and Jorge M. Branco
Current buildings are responsible for the highest energy consumption, exceeding polluting sectors such as industry and transports. In Portugal, a large part of the building stock was built in the 1970s and 1980s, but buildings dated from the 1960s and 19...
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Robert Lopez, Heap-Yih Chong and Conrad Pereira
Limited empirical and qualitative studies focus on the detailed processes and obstacles for coordinating off-site prefabrication between builders and suppliers. This research aims to identify and address the obstacles that currently prevent the further e...
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Eini C. Lowell, Eric C. Turnblom, Jeff M. Comnick and CL Huang
Douglas-fir, the most important timber species in the Pacific Northwest, US (PNW), has high stiffness and strength. Growing it in plantations on short rotations since the 1980s has led to concerns about the impact of juvenile/mature wood proportion on wo...
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Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr, André Luis Christoforo, Luciano Donizeti Varanda, Eduardo Chahud, Victor Almeida De Araújo, Luiz Antonio Melgaço Nunes Branco
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Improve quality of timber structures design is an aim that must be systematically sought by engineers in this area. An important topic that can contribute directly to be achieved in this subject is the more consistent knowledge related to structura...
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Djhon Minoche, Celia Herrero de Aza, Marivel Dominguez-Dominguez, Pablo Martínez-Zurimendi
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Forest stand productivity is defined as the quantitative estimation of a specific area?s potential to produce biomass over a determined period of time. The site index has been the predominant method used to evaluate forest stand productivity. Teak is one...
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Endre Hofstad Hansen, Liviu Theodor Ene, Terje Gobakken, Hans Ole Ørka, Ole Martin Bollandsås and Erik Næsset
Forest attributes such as tree heights, diameter distribution, volumes, and biomass can be modeled utilizing the relationship between remotely sensed metrics as predictor variables, and measurements of forest attributes on the ground. The quality of the ...
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