Emergent timber technologies : materials, structures, engineering, projects

✍ Scribed by Simone Jeska; Khaled Saleh Pascha; Rainer Hascher (editor); ; Simone Jeska; Khaled Saleh Pascha

Publisher: Birkhauser Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 176
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Historic design typologies
New technologies and methods
Connections
Mechanical connections with steel
Glued connections
Glued connections with dowels and plates
Glued wood joints
Strengthening connections
Upgrading the material
Hybrid components
Composite structures
Developments in timber construction materials
Glued laminated timber
Veneer and fibre materials
Cross-laminated timber
CNC production for timber structures
Machining the components
Building with straight members
Nodes
Building with boards
Experimental and temporary structures
Projects
Trade fair hall 11
Business premises, BIP Computer
Clubhouse, Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Course
Austria Center Vienna – “The Wave”
Footbridge in Kollmann
Gessental bridge
Elephant house, Zurich Zoo
Double sports hall
Three roller-coasters
Toskana thermal baths
Index
Bibliography
Illustration credits
About the authors
Acknowledgements

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