Essays about: "structural timber"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 95 essays containing the words structural timber.
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21. Technical Optimization of a Long Span Beam made of Glulam Elements
University essay from KTH/ByggnadsmaterialAbstract : Timber constructions have during the past two or three decades become more andmore common, mostly due to the easy prefabrication and the cheap, sustainablematerial. For long-span applications it is vital to find design solutions that optimizethe structure from the point of view of material consumption, number of theconnections, structural reliability etc. READ MORE
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22. Complex Stress States In Structural Birch Plywood : An experimental study on the behaviour of birch plywood in structural applications
University essay from KTH/ByggnadsmaterialAbstract : For structural engineers, the two most important design criteria are utility andsafety. It is about making sure that a structural component is reliable enough not toendanger any of a building's users, while at the same time being as sustainable andefficiently designed as possible. READ MORE
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23. Performance of joints for glued laminated timber exposed to the ISO fire temperature curve
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : As society becomes more ecologically conscious there is a push toward the use of materials with a smaller environmental burden, one of these materials is glulam (GLT), which has gained a lot of traction in recent years not only for ecological reasons but for its ease in manufacture, transport, noise dampening, etc. The focus of this project was to evaluate the influence of different joint configurations on the fire performance of glulam members. READ MORE
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24. Shear stiffness of cross laminated timber diaphragms - A study of the influence of connection and member stiffness
University essay from Lunds universitet/Byggnadsmekanik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för byggvetenskaperAbstract : Since ancient times, buildings have been constructed with the use of timber and during the modern era, new types of timber products have been developed. Today, more constructions, especially residential buildings are being built with timber as the main load-bearing material. READ MORE
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25. Expressing ecosystem model output and Swedish forestry goals with composite indictors
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Forest ecosystems provide a wide range of services necessary for maintaining environmental health and human well-being. Ecosystem models help inform how various management strategies respond in different regions to changing climate conditions. READ MORE