Effects of interconnections between timber floor elements: dynamic and static evaluations of structural scale tests
| Autor: | Nathalie Labonnote, Kjell Arne Malo, Sveinung Nesheim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Flexibility (engineering)
Interconnection Serviceability (structure) Computer science business.industry Scale (chemistry) 0211 other engineering and technologies 020101 civil engineering Forestry 02 engineering and technology Structural engineering Teknologi: 500 [VDP] 0201 civil engineering Vibration Deflection (engineering) 021105 building & construction Market potential General Materials Science Sensitivity (control systems) business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Wood and Wood Products |
| Popis: | Long-span timber floor elements increase the flexibility of a building and exhibit a significant market potential. Timber floor elements are endeavouring to fulfil this potential, but building projects employing long-span timber floors have encountered drawbacks. High costs and vibration performance are challenging, and the timber industry is under substantial pressure to find attractive solutions for building components with otherwise favourable environmental features. Only a few existing studies have investigated serviceability sensitivity in relation to timber floor connections. Interconnections are inexpensive to produce and install and may offer a resource-efficient approach to improving serviceability performance. In the present study, the effect of interconnections is investigated in a full-scale structural test. Floor elements positioned in different configurations have been tested for static and dynamic performance using different types of interconnections. The observed effects of interconnection types vary according to the configuration and direction of mode shapes, and are assessed in terms of shift in frequency, damping and resonant energy. These can all be utilised in combination with observed differences in the deflection parameter. The present work demonstrates that connections between timber elements have significant effects on timber floor serviceability and may offer interesting solutions to improve the vibration performance of long-span timber floors. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
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