In high timber structures, cross-laminated timber panels are common structural elements. The wall and floor panels are typically connected with steel plates, angle brackets, hold-downs, and screws. Based on analytical research, it seems that panel-to-panel connections give additional stiffness due to structural redundancies resulting from...
The scope of this study is to evaluate the existing test methods for deciding the in-plane shear strength and stiffness of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels, and suggest a new test method. The evaluation of the existing methods point out that none of the methods isolate the pure membrane shear stress. This means that the results have to be interpreted...
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