In recent years, increased focus has been placed on the development of timber as a natural renewable construction material. However, there exists significant potential for the development of environmentally friendly engineered structural elements by comb...
This paper describes an investigation into the reinforcement of low-grade glued laminated timber (glulam) beams reinforced using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) plates of distinctive lengths which are anchored by a sacrificial lamination. The deve...
This study examines if Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) design methods approved for softwood species can be used with hardwood species, specifically low-grade hardwoods. Analytical predictions from researcher-generated computer programs will be compared to d...
In Australia CLT has a big potential but has to be imported from overseas to date for quite high prices. Milling of Pinus Radiata using optimised sawing patterns for yield and consecutive mechanical grading lead to a substantial amount of boards, which c...
The proposed paper presents two alternative strategies for using fast-growing, low-grade softwood for modern engineered wood products. A chemical based strategy is explored first with the testing of polymer-impregnated small clear wood samples. A second ...
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