Explore novel ways to strengthen glulam beams by using compressed Japanese cedar

11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 558-565

  Anshari, Buan ^a   Guan, Zhongwei ^a   Komatsu, Kohei ^b   Kitamori, Akihisa ^b   Jung, Kiho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compressed wood; Glulam; Moisture dependent swelling; Pre camber; Pre stressing

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; GLULAM; GLULAM BEAMS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; PRE-CAMBER; RADIAL DIRECTION; RECTANGULAR HOLES; REINFORCED BEAMS; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; TIMBER BEAM;

CAMBERS; LOAD LIMITS; MOISTURE; TIMBER; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84870596236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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