Timber: An ancient construction material with a bright future

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 504-510

  Smith, Ian ^a   Snow, Monica A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Fire; Fire engineering; Performance based design; Seismic response; Structural design; Structural response; Timber; Timber engineering; Urbanization; Wood

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FIRES; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WOOD;

FIRE ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE BASED DESIGN; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TIMBER ENGINEERING; URBANIZATION;

TIMBER;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FIRE; FUTURE PROSPECT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TIMBER; TIMBER INDUSTRY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CONSTRUCTION; FIRES; FORESTS; LOGGING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WOOD;

EID: 65649124483     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84504-4     Document Type: Article

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