Emerging engineered wood for building applications

Y Ding, Z Pang, K Lan, Y Yao, G Panzarasa… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Spectra, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This state-of-the-art review provides an overview of the evolution of self-centering structures
from early historical structures that inherently exhibited a recentering response to modern …

State of the art and practice of seismic-resistant hybrid timber structures

P Quintana Gallo, DM Carradine, R Bazaez - European Journal of Wood …, 2021 - Springer
Interest in using timber for construction of multi-storey structures in seismic regions has been
gaining significant momentum worldwide in recent years. As it is not common to use timber …

Land use change and carbon emissions of a transformation to timber cities

A Mishra, F Humpenöder, G Churkina… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Using engineered wood for construction has been discussed for climate change mitigation. It
remains unclear where and in which way the additional demand for wooden construction …

Experimental investigation on self-centering steel-timber hybrid beam-column connections

Z Li, F Chen, M He, W Long, J Ou… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Self-centering heavy timber frames rely on the self-centering beam-column timber
connections to limit damage and provide the recentering capability. However, low …

Comparative cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of low and mid-rise mass timber buildings with equivalent structural steel alternatives

K Allan, AR Phillips - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper was to quantify and compare the environmental impacts
associated with alternative designs of typical North American low and mid-rise buildings …

Pres-lam buildings: state-of-the-art

G Granello, A Palermo, S Pampanin, S Pei… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Abstract Post-tensioned timber (Pres-Lam) buildings have been constructed throughout the
world, beginning in 2010. The technology, which originated from low-damage concrete …

Digital twin for monitoring In-service performance of post-tensioned self-centering cross-laminated timber shear walls

RP Longman, Y Xu, Q Sun, Y Turkan… - Journal of Computing in …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
A digital twin (DT) can be defined as a multiphysics, multiscale model in which a digital
model, such as a building information model (BIM), is updated based on data obtained from …

Lateral performance of self-centering steel–timber hybrid shear walls with slip-friction dampers: Experimental investigation and numerical simulation

Z Li, F Chen, M He, R Zhou, Y Cui, Y Sun… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
An innovative self-centering steel–timber hybrid shear wall (SC-STHSW) system is proposed
in this paper. The SC-STHSW system is composed of two subsystems: the posttensioned …

Performance of coupled CLT shear walls with internal perforated steel plates as vertical joints and hold-downs

S Dires, T Tannert - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) constitutes a promising solution for numerous structural
applications, including as shear walls in lateral load resisting systems. The research …