Essays about: "timber load-bearing structures"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words timber load-bearing structures.

  1. 6. A comparative study of embodied and operational environmental impact of a multifamily building with different framework materials

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Hanna Åhlund; [2020]
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    Abstract : The different life cycle phases of a building account for different amounts of environmental impact. During the past years the operational energy use in the building and construction sector has been reduced whilst relative and absolute embodied impact has increased. READ MORE

  3. 7. Building extension through additional CLT storeys

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik

    Author : Charalampos Livas; [2020]
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    Abstract : In the last decade, the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels as load bearing elements have become a usual solution for buildings and structures with an upward trend internationally. This is because CLT has brilliant physical and mechanical properties and it is also an eco-friendly and renewable material. READ MORE

  4. 8. DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER FLOORS SUBJECT TO INTERNAL LOADS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Byggnadsmekanik

    Author : Jacob Skoglund; [2020]
    Keywords : CLT; dynamic engineering; engineering; Cross laminated timber; CLT Panels; dynamic response; Timber; CLT floors; Wood; Dynamic behavior; steady state analysis; steady-state; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The deregulation of timber for use in large scale constructions has seen the addition of new innovative timber-based products to a category of products referred to as engineered wood products. A now well established addition to these products is cross laminated timber, or CLT for short. READ MORE

  5. 9. Load Bearing Structural Elements of Glulam in Marine Environment : A literature and case study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Abrahamsson Karin; [2020]
    Keywords : Glulam; marine environment; Limträ; marin miljö;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the possibilities of using glued laminated timber as load bearing structural elements in structures in close vicinity of saltwater. Glued laminated timber, also referred to as glulam, is a refined timber product constructed of timber lamellae that are glued together. READ MORE

  6. 10. Stabilisation of higher wooden houses in volume building technology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Konstruktionsteknik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för bygg- och miljöteknologi

    Author : Ebba Gipperth; [2020]
    Keywords : Volume building technology; Timber; Horizontal stabilisation; Shear walls; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Byggnationen av bostadshus med trästomme har enligt Statistiska centralbyrån ökat med 85% efter den senast lägsta uppmätningen 2011. Statistiska centralbyrån menar också att det är bostadshus bestående av 4-8 våningar som byggs mest i Sverige idag. READ MORE