Throughout the last two decades the timber building sector has experienced a steady growth
in multi-storey construction. Although there has been a growing number of research focused …

Abnormal events, that are unforeseeable low-probability and high-impact events, cause
local failure (s) to structures that can lead to the collapse of other members and, eventually …

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 building and construction (B&C) industry remains one of the highest greenhouse gas
emitting and resource intensive sectors globally. Despite the recent trend to use renewable …

As a result of increasing urbanization, the need for sustainable housing, eg, tall (over eight-
story) timber apartments, is increasing in Finland. Leveraging the experience of key Finnish …

Contrary to conventional buildings, the structural robustness of modular high-rise buildings
has not been studied due to the lack of the numerical and experimental studies and design …

The expanding height of multistory mass timber buildings makes the development of
guidance to prevent disproportionate collapse an increasingly important area of engineering …

Robustness research has become popular, however very little is known on its explicit
quantification. This paper summarises a quantification method previously published by the …

A method is presented for reconstructing the geometry, the pith, the knots and the local fibre
orientations in timber boards, based on X-ray computed tomography scans. The local fibre …

The main goal of this study was to review current studies on the state of the art of wood
constructions with a particular focus on energy efficiency, which could serve as a valuable …