Summary of selected timber research summaries presented at Young Researchers' Conference
The Young Researchers' Conference, the Institution of Structural Engineers' annual research event, brings together young, forward-thinking structural engineering PhD students and researchers, along with industry professionals and academics.
A selected shortlist of students and young researchers are then invited to present on their PhD at the YRC event at the IStructE headquarters in London. TRADA has sponsored the YRC event over the last two years.
Three timber-related research summaries from this event are compiled by Dr Ranasinghe and BM TRADA believes that these will be of value to the TRADA membership.
Suggested Reading
Round timber in construction: An introduction
Wood is man's oldest structural material, and prior to the introduction of tools such as saws it was largely used in its natural round form, often connected together with lashings rather than by mechanical jointing.
This document gives readers an outline of the applications of round timber, including the...
01/01/2004 | Other Technical Guidance
Wind-induced vibration in tall timber buildings
Wind-induced vibration is an important design consideration in tall buildings in any structural material. The two main forms of wind-induced vibration - across-wind vibration due to vortex shedding and along-wind vibration due to turbulence - were taken into consideration when undertaking this study. Both types are addressed in Eurocode 1.
01/01/2014
| Research Summarie
Fasteners for structural timber: nails, staples, screws, dowels and bolts
Timber designers usually consider connection design to be the most difficult area in timber engineering. The traditional mechanical fasteners for structural timber are divided into two groups depending on how they transfer the forces between the connected members - 'dowel-type fasteners' and 'metal connectors'.
This Wood Information Sheet (WIS)...
16/04/2018 | Wood Information Sheet
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