Outputs (12)

Timber properties of noble fir, Norway spruce, western red cedar and western hemlock grown in Great Britain (2016)
Report
Gil-Moreno, D., Ridley-Ellis, D., & McLean, P. (2016). Timber properties of noble fir, Norway spruce, western red cedar and western hemlock grown in Great Britain. Great Britain: Forest Research

The softwood processing sector in Great Britain has been built around the use of a very small number of timber producing species – predominantly Sitka spruce. The recent increase in outbreaks of host-specific tree pests and diseases has led to an int... Read More about Timber properties of noble fir, Norway spruce, western red cedar and western hemlock grown in Great Britain.

Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique (2016)
Journal Article
D'Amico, B., Kermani, A., Porteous, J., Dhonju, R., & Zhang, B. (2016). Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique. Construction and Building Materials, 129, 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.106

A new method to assess the raking performance of Platform timber framed walls, is provided in this study: each component of the unit wall assembly is assumed as rigid, hence allowing to drastically reduce the overall number of DoFs involved within th... Read More about Racking performance of Platform timber framed walls assessed by rigid body relaxation technique.

Timber material properties. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2016, September). Timber material properties. Presented at CPD Seminar Structural Timber Engineering

Timber material properties, grading techniques and ways of optimising selection.

Structural Timber Systems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hairstans, R. (2016, September). Structural Timber Systems. Presented at CPD Seminar Structural Timber Engineering

Timber products and systems including solid laminate timber systems, dowel-lam, nail-lam, and cross-laminated timber.

Grading structural timber. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2016, September). Grading structural timber. Presented at CPD Seminar Structural Timber Engineering

Grading structural timber.

Timber Connections (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Livingstone, A. (2016, September). Timber Connections. Presented at CPD Seminar Structural Timber Enfgineering

Timber Connections Design theory to Eurocode 5, including a demonstration of how to undertake value engineering.

Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Livingstone, A., Patlakas, P., Milne, M., Smith, S., & Hairstans, R. (2016, August). Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering, Vienna, Austria

This paper presents a novel method of automating the structural design of timber connections and ensuring code compliance within a Building Information Modelling (BIM) context. The mathematical method of Multi Dimensional Data Fitting (MDDF) is prese... Read More about Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection.

Thinking beyond the usual strength grades – with examples of British spruce and larch (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Adams, S., & Lehneke, S. (2016, August). Thinking beyond the usual strength grades – with examples of British spruce and larch. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016)

This paper summarises the processes and normative requirements involved in grading of structural timber, and outlines a number of areas in which matters may be improved, so as to make better use of the true properties of the timber resource used. The... Read More about Thinking beyond the usual strength grades – with examples of British spruce and larch.

Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khokhar, A., & Chui, Y. (2016, August). Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering

Installing between-joist bracing can be an economical and effective means of mitigating excessive vibration levels in wood floors associated to human discomfort. Effectiveness of between-joist bracing depends upon its own rigidity that accounts for t... Read More about Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing.

Understanding the compatibility of UK resource for dowel laminated timber construction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Plowas, W., Bell, T., Hairstans, R., & Williamson, J. B. (2016, June). Understanding the compatibility of UK resource for dowel laminated timber construction. Paper presented at Integrated Design Conference

Dowel Laminated Timber (DLT also know as Brettstapel) is a technique of constructing large-scale solid timber panels for use as structural or non-structural elements. The technique utilizes smaller sawn timber sections mechanically fixed together wit... Read More about Understanding the compatibility of UK resource for dowel laminated timber construction.

Using topology optimization technique to determine the optimized layout of steel reinforcing bars in concrete structures (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, M., Zhang, H., & Wong, S. H. F. (2016, June). Using topology optimization technique to determine the optimized layout of steel reinforcing bars in concrete structures. Presented at 5th International Conference on Engineering Optimization

This study presents an optimization procedure based on the modified Bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) approach to optimize both location and orientation of discrete reinforcing steel bars within concrete structures, while sat... Read More about Using topology optimization technique to determine the optimized layout of steel reinforcing bars in concrete structures.

Analysis of acoustical properties of wood and mode identification by sample scanning in the very near field (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pantelić, F., Šumarac Pavlović, D., Mijić, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2016, June). Analysis of acoustical properties of wood and mode identification by sample scanning in the very near field. Presented at 60th Meeting of the Society for Electronics, Telecommunications, Computers, Automatic Control and Nuclear Engineering ETRAN

It is possible to achieve a good visualization of vibration modes by microphone scanning of a vibration excited sample of wood in very near field. The experimental settings, shown in this paper, were used for wood properties characterization and obse... Read More about Analysis of acoustical properties of wood and mode identification by sample scanning in the very near field.