Glued-in rods connections are widely used as a post-anchoring reinforcement technique in
timber structures. The rods are inserted into boreholes with adhesive and then cured to form …

Abstract Existing Civil Engineering structures have limited capability to adapt their
configurations for new functions, non-stationary environments, or future reuse. Although …

Dougong bracket is one of the remarkable features of Chinese traditional timber structures,
and its mechanical properties affect structural safety. In this paper, the research status of the …

In this letter, a novel cable-driven soft origami multimodal actuator is proposed. The
proposed actuator comprises multiple origamis based on the Yoshimura pattern. The …

The development of timber structures worldwide is rapid and promising. Acoustic insulation
is an important metric to measure the quality of occupants' living conditions. Therefore, to …

Wood is a green material in line with the sustainable development strategy. From the
excellent performance of engineering wood products, modern wood structures represented …

Yoshimura origami is a classical folding pattern that has inspired many deployable structure
designs. Its applications span from space exploration, kinetic architectures and soft robots to …

The external excitations, interface forces and responses at the interface degrees-of-freedom
are normally required in many existing substructural condition assessment methods, while …

Builders, designers, and the research community are becoming interested in incorporating
timber and concrete based composite structures because they effectively integrate the …

The application of the energy method has proposed a dynamic testing method for the shear
modulus in two mutually perpendicular directions on the principal surface of wood using a …