Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"CLT"”.
-
The use of communicative language teaching (CLT): Turkish EFL teachers' perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Turkey
CLT has been widely explored and studied by many researchers in the field of English language teaching. There have been many studies conducted on the use of CLT in EFL settings. However, there are only few studies in number that specifically deal with CLT and its implementation in the Turkish …
-
Balloon-type CLT Shearwalls: Lateral Deformation and Kinematic Behaviours
Balloon-type Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) shearwall systems have been increasingly adopted as lateral load-resisting systems in mid-rise timber buildings. Compared with platform-type configurations, balloon-type shearwalls mitigate bearing failure associated with perpendicular-to-grain compression …
-
Moisture Monitoring of a CLT Structure in a Southern Climate
… of moisture behavior in cross laminated timber (CLT) is critical to the widespread use of CLT in construction in the United States. Currently, very little data exists on the long-term impact of moisture on CLT. The objective of this research is to collect data regarding the long-term moisture …
-
Identifying the Economic Barriers to CLT Cost Estimation Among Building Construction Professionals
Cross-laminated timbers (CLTs) are strong and lightweight structural building materials. CLTs are made from renewable wood resources and have significant economic potential as a new value-added product for the United States. However, market penetration has been obstructed by product affordability …
-
Developing Prefabricated, Light-weight CLT Exterior Wall Panels for Mid-rise Buildings
… seen the emergence of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) as a renewable replacement for structural application of steel, concrete, and masonry. However, CLT has not been researched extensively as a nonstructural component of the building envelope/facade. In the presented research, the application of …
-
The Role of Community Land Trusts in Preserving and Creating Commercial Assets: A Dual Cae Study of Rondo CLT in St. Paul, Minnesota and Crescent City CLT in New Orleans, Louisiana
<p>As the community land trust (CLT) movement in the United States approaches its 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary, CLT members, practitioners and researchers are exploring and pushing the boundaries of the model. CLTs offer an alternative model of land use tenure that permanently removes properties …
-
Seismic Performance and Damage Risk of Modular CLT Housing Using Nonlinear Time History Analysis
… has positioned Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) modular structures as a promising alternative due to their environmental, mechanical, and prefabrication advantages. However, a comprehensive study of their seismic performance and risk across the U.S. is needed to establish CLT modular …
-
Moisture response of CLT floor assemblies under indoor water leakage: Experimental and simulation-based assessment
… moisture performance of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) under damp service conditions remains a critical durability concern. This study investigates the moisture response of CLT floor assemblies under indoor water leakage through controlled laboratory testing and numerical simulations using WUFI 1D …
-
Show me what community looks like! : designing a popular education curriculum for a Los Angeles-based CLT
This thesis project is a reflection on how popular education can empower individuals and foster community control. It is based on my experience co-creating a curriculum with a South Los Angeles community land trust. This project incorporates elements of popular education, critical pedagogy, …
-
AN APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) APPROACH FOR ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) LEARNERS IN THE ARAB CONTEXT
… introduced the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach as a way to improve learners English fluency. However, Arab EFL teachers face many challenges in implementing this approach. This study was conducted to provide a possible sample of a CLT unit plan to examine: 1) what does a unit plan …
-
Behaviour of multi-storey cross-laminated timber buildings under lateral loading
… global drive towards sustainable construction, CLT has emerged as a competitive alternative to other construction materials. CLT buildings taller than 10-storeys and CLT buildings in regions of moderate to high seismicity would be subject to higher lateral loads due to wind and earthquakes than …
-
Teachers' perceptions of communicative language teaching use in Brazil
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been extensively discussed and researched. However little appears in the literature about CLT use in EFL environments, such as Brazil. Few studies explore CLT adaptation in EFL environments, and if they do, such studies are mostly in Asian countries (Li, …
-
Half-Lap Cross Laminated Timber Pegged Joints
Cross laminated timber (CLT) is a panelized structural system consisting of odd layers of dimension sawn lumber stacked perpendicularly to the previous layer. Since the introduction of CLT to North America, man research projects have been conducted on the material properties of CLT panels as well …
-
Potential of cross laminated timber in single family residential construction
Cross laminated timber (CLT) is a panelized engineered wood product that is gaining popularity in the United States as a structural material for massive timber buildings. CLT is shown to be cost competitive to steel and concrete in large building construction projects, but is seen as uncompetitive …
-
Cross-Laminated Timber made of Unmodified and Thermally Modified Yellow-Poplar Lumber
Cross-laminated timber (CLT), a sustainable construction material, is transforming the construction industry. To meet diverse demands, especially for exterior applications, its durability must be improved to withstand conditions ranging from dry indoor environments to moisture-prone settings. …
-
Global fibrinolytic potential of black South Africans in the North West Province
… as lysis time. Increased clot lysis time (CLT) has been shown to be significantly associated with various CVD risk factors and CVD events in Caucasian populations while very little information is available for other ethnicities. In this study we investigated plasma GFP and its relation to …
-
Sampling From Stratified Spaces
… dissertation studies Central Limit Theorems (CLTs) of Frechet means on stratified spaces. The broad goal of this work is to answer the following question: What information one should expect to get by sampling from a stratified space? In particular, this work explores relationships between …
-
Shake table testing of hybrid wood shear wall system
Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is an engineered, prefabricated mass timber product that has shown excellent structural and mechanical properties. With the growing application of CLT in industry, there have been a number of research projects carried out to introduce CLT in tall buildings located in …
-
Pre-service Chinese English as A Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers Perceptions about Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching
… the Communicative Language Teaching Approach (CLT) should be applied in primary and secondary school English education by issuing the New Curriculum early in 2001 to develop learners competence of using the language; however, implementation of CLT is still a big challenge confronting …
-
Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Softwood and Hardwood Cross-Laminated Timbers
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is an engineered wood product consisting of an odd number (three to seven) of lumber layers, which are glued in an orientation of each layer perpendicular to other. After its introduction, CLT has been widely adopted in Europe since 1990s and has quickly become popular …
Page 1 of 7