Overview of design issues for tall timber buildings

Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Smith, Ian ^a   Frangi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buildings; Composite construction; Design; Fire; Performance; Timber

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; ENGINEERS; FIRE PROTECTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIMBER;

COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION; FIRE SAFETY; STOREYS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 44049106202     PISSN: 10168664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2749/101686608784218833     Document Type: Review

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