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 25 for “"Wood Construction"”.
-
Comparison of conventional light-framed wood construction and structural insulated panels
Conventional wood framing, also known as stick framing, has been around for hundreds of years. It is an easy, effective method for building new houses and small commercial projects. However, it may no longer the best option for new construction. The development of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) …
-
Seismic design of a current woodframe structure and study of innovative products and damping systems in wood construction
Wood structures have seen resurgence in popularity over the past several decades, especially in Western States of America, such as California. The industry keeps creating new structural wood products of exceptional strength, versatility, and reliability. Woodframe structures offer a more …
-
Assessment of U.S. manufactured system built wooden homes as an affordable housing alternative for low income households in developing countries
… has substantially improved the residential construction sector by engineering new materials and developing efficient systems in wood construction. The goal of this research was to assess the potential of introducing system built wood construction system manufactured in the United States in …
-
Forest Framing
This thesis integrates wild wood research with local knowledge and tools to restore forest ecology and boost rural economies. The proposal is situated in the context of Sweet Home, Oregon, a former logging community. Like many small towns across the United States, Sweet Home is in a state of social …
-
Experimental Investigation of Group Action Factor for Bolted Wood Connections
… offset yield and capacity of single-shear bolted wood connections loaded parallel to grain. The single and multiple-bolt connections tested represent common connection geometries used in wood construction in the United States. The results of both monotonic and cyclic loading of connections are …
-
a study of material: a stone house in the arctic circle
… is a study in material and the nature of its construction. i chose a site that was rich in tradition of building, but chose to not mimic tradition. the arctic circle of norway has a tradition of stone and wood construction. the remote qualities of the site lead me to choose a house, of local …
-
Capacity Resistance and Performance of Single-Shear Bolted and Nailed Connections: An Experimental Investigation
… array of connection configurations common in wood construction. All connections were tested monotonically in tension under displacement-controlled loading, parallel to the grain. Results of these tests are presented and discussed. Test variables of nailed connections included nail diameter, …
-
Modernizing the passing joint : a standardized building system to facilitate contemporary bamboo housing construction in regions of economic constraint
… into the history of standard light frame wood construction and is therefore not used to its full potential, especially in regions of economic constraint in greatest need of housing structures. Can we design a light-frame construction system that allows for the non-standard nature of bamboo …
-
Investigation of Modular Cross-Laminated Timber Rocking Walls and Rocking Wall -- Light-Frame Shear Wall Dual Systems for Seismic Resilience
… timber rocking walls (PT-CLT-RW) for resilient wood construction. This research focuses on experimental, analytical, and numerical investigations into PT-CLT-RW systems, both as stand-alone and as a dual lateral force resisting systems (LFRS) with wood light frame shear walls (LiFS). The first …
-
Investigation of the Effects of Spacing between Bolts in a Row in a Single-Shear Timber Connection Subjected to Reverse Cyclic Loading
… in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE) for testing woodframe structures. The same connection configurations were also subjected to monotonic loading for an additional forty-five tests. Results of this research can be used to evaluate the current design recommendation presented in the National Design …
-
Introduction to the hybrid steel frame with wood floor system
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) recently published a new design guide, Design Guide 37: Hybrid Steel Frames with Wood Floors. This new design guide intends to shed light onto a new form of construction not previously used in building construction. The new system is made up of a …
-
Analysis and Testing of a Ready-to-Assemble Wood Framing System
… and commonly used by the furniture industry. In wood construction, the lack of a simple and reliable method of assembling the frame members creates a barrier to wide acceptance of prefabricated kit structures. This thesis focuses on a novel technology of assembling structural components of a wood …
-
Effect of Cracking on Lag Bolt Performance
… was comprised of a 2 x 6 x 14 in. long wood main member, 1/4 in. thick steel side plate, and a single lag screw. The parameters of interest were specific gravity, lag screw diameter, and pilot hole diameter. Two species of wood, Douglas-fir and spruce-pine-fir, three lag screws …
-
The Effects of Bolt Spacing on the Performance of Single-Shear Timber Connections Under Reverse-Cyclic Loading
Much previous experimentation related to wood structures has employed monotonic loading to replicate static situations. However, instances of natural hazards have raised interest in the response of structural connections to dynamic loads. This increased interest led the Consortium of Universities …
-
Monotonic and cyclic short-term performance of nailed and bolted timber connections
… represent common connection geometries used in wood construction in the United States. The results of two methods of fully reversing cyclic loading of connections are presented. The first method was a load-controlled test with the applied cyclic loads acting at specified percentages above …
-
Modeling the behavior of wood-based composite sheathing under hygrothermal load
In light-frame residential construction wood-based composite panels used externally or internally are exposed to relative humidity and/or temperature changes. The subsequent moisture content change of the panels will result in two types of deformations as follows: 1. elastic deformation of the …
-
Design of Stick-Framed Wood Roofs Under Extreme Wind Loads
Light-frame wood construction comprises nearly 90% of the housing industry inCanada and the United States. The roofs of these houses can be constructed eitherentirely on site or using prefabricated trusses. Assembling the roof structure on site,otherwise known as stick-framing, is a framing …
-
Examination of the Lateral Resistance of Cross-Laminated Timber in Panel-Panel Connections
… compared to National Design Specification for Wood Construction, or NDS (AWC 2012) predictions for connection strength. Nailed steel plate connections yielded much greater loads and behaved in a more ductile manner than did the lag screwed connections. The surface spline and half-lap …
-
Variations in low-grade wood modification and stress lamination
… are expected to yield nearly 30% more softwood than current levels in the coming decades. These are relatively fast-growing trees, yielding low-grade wood that is incompatible with standards for glue-based lamination. Alongside this forecasted increase, there is a major worldwide shift …
Page 1 of 2