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Seismic design of timber structures - A proposal for the revision of Chapter 8 of Eurocode 8
Sustainability and energy efficiency, together with reductions in construction times and costs are becoming fundamental issues in the housing policies of most of the European and other International Countries. From all these point of views, timber building systems represent a winning choice, due to: (i) the capacity of storing carbon dioxide by displacing it from the atmosphere and reducing energy consumption during the production, transportation and erection compared to other construction materials, (ii) the good thermal properties of wood which, together with insulation materials, easily lead to reach excellent rates in the energy performance of the overall building, and (iii) the great speed of construction due to a completely dry construction process. These advantages, together with the excellent seismic performance witnessed by recent research results based on extensive numerical simulations and full-scale tests on multi-storey buildings, explains the reason why timber systems are becoming more and more popular in the construction of medium to high rise buildings in different seismic areas of Europe, replacing day by day other materials like reinforced concrete, masonry or steel buildings. However this progress and the growing diffusion have not been accompanied by a corresponding update of the provisions to be used in the seismic design, which for the case of timber buildings are included within Section 8 of Eurocode 8. This chapter was published in 2004 and is very short and incomplete in many parts, especially when considering design provisions for modern construction systems nowadays widely used, thus causing real difficulties to structural engineers who have to apply these rules in the seismic design of timber buildings. Moreover, the differences from other building materials chapters of Eurocode 8 are significant, in some case substantial, and not always conservative. The aim of this Ph.D. Thesis is to propose a comprehensive review of the current version of Section 8 of Eurocode 8 with the ...
Seismic design of timber structures - A proposal for the revision of Chapter 8 of Eurocode 8
Sustainability and energy efficiency, together with reductions in construction times and costs are becoming fundamental issues in the housing policies of most of the European and other International Countries. From all these point of views, timber building systems represent a winning choice, due to: (i) the capacity of storing carbon dioxide by displacing it from the atmosphere and reducing energy consumption during the production, transportation and erection compared to other construction materials, (ii) the good thermal properties of wood which, together with insulation materials, easily lead to reach excellent rates in the energy performance of the overall building, and (iii) the great speed of construction due to a completely dry construction process. These advantages, together with the excellent seismic performance witnessed by recent research results based on extensive numerical simulations and full-scale tests on multi-storey buildings, explains the reason why timber systems are becoming more and more popular in the construction of medium to high rise buildings in different seismic areas of Europe, replacing day by day other materials like reinforced concrete, masonry or steel buildings. However this progress and the growing diffusion have not been accompanied by a corresponding update of the provisions to be used in the seismic design, which for the case of timber buildings are included within Section 8 of Eurocode 8. This chapter was published in 2004 and is very short and incomplete in many parts, especially when considering design provisions for modern construction systems nowadays widely used, thus causing real difficulties to structural engineers who have to apply these rules in the seismic design of timber buildings. Moreover, the differences from other building materials chapters of Eurocode 8 are significant, in some case substantial, and not always conservative. The aim of this Ph.D. Thesis is to propose a comprehensive review of the current version of Section 8 of Eurocode 8 with the ...
Seismic design of timber structures - A proposal for the revision of Chapter 8 of Eurocode 8
2015-04-10
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Eurocode 8 , Light- Frame system , analisi lineari e non lineari , fattore di struttura sotto la propria responsabilità , Eurocodice 8 , progettazione sismica , Settore ICAR/09 - Tecnica delle Costruzioni , sistema a pannelli portanti a strati incrociati , seismic design , sistema a telaio leggero , Hybrid buildings , Cross Laminated Timber system , Linear and non-linear analysis , Behaviour factor , edifici in legno multipiano , Multi-storey timber buildings
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EN1995 EUROCODE 5: DESIGN OF TIMBER STRUCTURES
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