This paper discusses the design principles of timber connections for ductility with focus on
laterally-loaded dowel-type fasteners. Timber connections are critical components of timber …

The stiffness of bolted connections in timber structures is of particular importance in the
evaluation of the lateral performance, yet the method to calculate the stiffness of connections …

Connections made with laterally loaded dowel-type fasteners are important details in timber
structures. According to Eurocode 5, their load-carrying capacity can be calculated with the …

Climate change and densification of cities are two major global challenges. In the building
and construction industry, there are great expectations that tall timber buildings will …

Dowel-type connections are common in timber engineering, but current design codes are
largely based on empiricism and are oversimplified. This inhibits the optimised use of …

Holzfachwerke mit Stahl-Holz Stabdübelverbindungen werden seit Jahrzehnten eingesetzt
und stellen nach wie vor leistungsfähige und konkurrenzfähige Tragwerke für grosse …

Abstract Cross Laminated Timber structures are often exposed to undesirable moisture
conditions, typically during construction and from water leakage during their service life. Due …

When designing any building, is it easy to think that damage scenarios such as column loss
are too rare to explicitly design for. This, along with several other biases of our brains, make …

Timber trusses with dowelled steel-to-timber connections with slotted-in steel plates are
commonly used in large-span roof structures and bridges, and lately even as megaframes …

Numerical models, like the phenomenological Beam-On-Foundation (BOF) approach, have
proven to be an efficient alternative to the analytical European Yield Model (EYM) for the …