Novel engineered wood and bamboo composites for structural applications: State-of-art of manufacturing technology and mechanical performance evaluation

X Sun, M He, Z Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Both wood and bamboo are renewable anisotropic materials with a long application history
in human society. Engineered wood or bamboo aiming to mitigate the variability of the …

Seismic behaviour of Cross-Laminated Timber structures: A state-of-the-art review

M Izzi, D Casagrande, S Bezzi, D Pasca, M Follesa… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) structures exhibit satisfactory performance under
seismic conditions. This is possible because of the high strength-to-weight ratio and in-plane …

Sustainable cross-laminated timber structures in a seismic area: Overview and future trends

A Sandoli, C D'Ambra, C Ceraldi, B Calderoni… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) buildings are recognized as a robust alternative to
heavyweight constructions, because beneficial for seismic resistance and environmental …

Feasibility study of mass-timber cores for the UBC tall wood building

T Connolly, C Loss, A Iqbal, T Tannert - Buildings, 2018 - mdpi.com
The UBC Brock Commons building in Vancouver, which comprises of 18 stories and stands
53 m in height, was at the time of completion in 2016 the world's tallest hybrid wood-based …

Bio-based connections and hybrid planar truss: A parallel genetic algorithm approach for model updating

D Shi, GC Marano, C Demartino - Computers & Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Bolted steel to laminated bio-based material connections experience significant
performance challenges due to the nonlinear response and high stress concentrations at …

Numerical modeling strategies and parametric analyses of platform-type and balloon-type cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls under lateral loads

X Wang, M He, H Dong, Z Li - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite great contributions having been made on the topic of numerical modeling methods
for cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls under lateral loads, it is still challenging to …

Seismic protection technologies for timber structures: a review

D Ugalde, JL Almazán, H Santa María… - European journal of wood …, 2019 - Springer
Timber structures traditionally provided satisfactory seismic performance due to multiple
known features. However, the consequences of the last major earthquakes have clearly …

Capacity design of traditional and innovative ductile connections for earthquake-resistant CLT structures

D Trutalli, L Marchi, R Scotta, L Pozza - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2019 - Springer
Traditional connections in earthquake-resistant cross-laminated timber buildings are
susceptible of brittle failures, even when buildings are designed and supposed to be ductile …

An innovative shear-tension angle bracket for cross-laminated timber structures: Experimental tests and numerical modelling

G D'Arenzo, G Rinaldin, M Fossetti, M Fragiacomo - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental testing programme on an innovative metal angle bracket for Cross-
Laminated Timber structures is presented in this paper. The main novelty of the angle …

CLT shear walls anchored with shear-tension angle brackets: Experimental tests and finite-element modeling

G D'Arenzo, D Casagrande, A Polastri… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Due to the high in-plane stiffness and strength capacity of cross-laminated timber (CLT)
panels, the mechanical behavior of CLT shear walls is mainly influenced by the mechanical …