Design of innovative modular-based timber structure based on advanced modeling and full-scale tests
2021 (English)In: World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021, World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) , 2021Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The building of low and mid-rise modular-based timber buildings is a growing industry sector worldwide. Today, the use of prefabricated light-frame volume modules (sometimes with CLT walls) is a prevalent and innovative construction method. This building method has many advantages, though some of the technical solutions and design methods are quite challenging and should be optimised without risking structural safety. The paper presents results from an ongoing research project that deals with testing and numerical analysis of light-frame timber test modules. It focuses on the testing and simulation of global racking stiffness of different types of test modules and the testing of a friction-based joint between two test modules. The modules showed larger shear load carrying capacity than expected. They also showed a ductile failure behaviour and large variation in racking stiffness between different types of test modules.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) , 2021.
Keywords [en]
FE-simulations, Light-frame timber modules, Modular-based timber buildings, Racking tests of modules, Architectural design, Stiffness, Testing, Wooden buildings, Fe simulation, Light frames, Light-frame timber module, Modular-based timber building, Modulars, Racking test of module, Racking tests, Test modules, Timber buildings, Timber structures, Timber
National Category
Building Technologies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-57961Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85120751254OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-57961DiVA, id: diva2:1626119
Conference
World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021, 9 August 2021 through 12 August 2021
2022-01-102022-01-102023-05-25Bibliographically approved