Statistics of damages to timber structures in Germany

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2969-2977

  Frese, Matthias ^a   Blaß, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage; Failure analysis; Glulam; Timber structures

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; GERMANY; GLULAM; PROPER DESIGN; SHEAR FAILURE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; TIMBER STRUCTURES;

TIMBER;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052964103     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Blaß HJ, Frese M. Schadensanalyse von Hallentragwerken aus Holz. Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing; 2010. Available from: [in German]. http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/1000020517.
2. Frühwald E, Serrano E, Toratti T, Emilsson A, Thelandersson S. Design of safe timber structures-How can we learn from structural failures in concrete, steel and timber? Report TVBK-3053. Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University; 2007.
3. Häglund M. Parameter influence on moisture induced eigen-stresses in timber. Eur J Wood Prod 2010, 68:397-406.
4. Frese M. Interaction between differential shrinkage and moisture content variations in the plane of curved glulam. Eur J Wood Prod. (in press). Available from: [in German]. doi:10.1007/s00107-010-0443-9.
5. Timber construction manual 1994, American Institute of Timber Construction, John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore. 4th ed.
6. Larsen HJ, Riberholt H. Trækonstruktioner, Beregning. SBI-Anvisning 135, Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut, Denmark; 1983.
7. DIN 1055-5:2005-07 Einwirkungen auf Tragwerke-Teil 5: Schnee- und Eislasten.
8. DIN 1055-5:1975-06 Lastannahmen für Bauten; Verkehrslasten, Schneelast und Eislast.
9. Hansson M., Larsen H.J. Recent failures in glulam structures and their causes. Eng. Failure Anal. 2005, 12:808-818.