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dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Benoit P
dc.contributor.authorHancock, Steven B
dc.contributor.authorBailleres, Henri
dc.contributor.editorAicher, S
dc.contributor.editorReinhardt, HW
dc.contributor.editorGarrecht, H
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-18T12:32:32Z
dc.date.available2019-01-18T12:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn2211-0844
dc.identifier.refurihttp://rilem.mpa.uni-stuttgart.de/SitePages/Home.aspx
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-94-007-7811-5_11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/61327
dc.description.abstractDue to their efficiency, lightweight, ease of erection and low cost, steel and aluminium thin-walled structures have become very popular in the construction industry over the past few decades. Applications include roof and wall systems (purlins and girts), storage racks, and composite concrete and steel slabs. The effectiveness of these structures lies in the cross-sectional shape of the profiles which enhances their strength by controlling the three fundamental buckling modes: local, distortional, and global. However, despite the attractiveness of these structures, steel and aluminium are greenhouse gas intensive materials and do not produce sustainable structural products. This paper presents an investigation performed at the Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, which shows manufacturing these types of profiles in timber is possible. Short composite thinwalled timber Cee-sections (500 mm long) were fabricated by gluing together thin softwood (Araucaria cunninghamii) veneers (1 mm thick). Two types of Ceesections were considered, one with a web stiffener to increase the local buckling capacity of the profile and one without. The profiles were tested in compression and the test results are presented and discussed in the paper in terms of structural behaviour and performance. Further research directions are proposed in order to provide efficient and lightweight sustainable structural products to the timber industry.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400778108
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameRILEM International Symposium on Materials and Joints in Timber Structures
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleMATERIALS AND JOINTS IN TIMBER STRUCTURES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2013-10-08
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2013-10-10
dc.relation.ispartoflocationStuttgart, GERMANY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom119
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom10 pages
dc.relation.ispartofpageto128
dc.relation.ispartofpageto10 pages
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStructural engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode400510
dc.titleThin-walled timber structures
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Engineering and Built Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Springer Netherlands. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
gro.date.issued2015-01-05T05:34:47Z
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gro.griffith.authorGilbert, Benoit


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