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hardwood_ joint

Innovative joints in hardwoods

Carmen Sandhaas

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Consortium

10 partners, 4 from research and 6 from industry

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Consortium

10 partners, 4 from research and 6 from industry

Photo: Rossi Prodi

Buildings

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Using hardwoods to build

Strength

Hardwood Softwood

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Beech

glulam

Birch

glulam

Photo: HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER

Building materials

Birch

CLT

Photo: HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER

Beech

LVL

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Joints

Capacity

Structural Joints

members

hardwood_joint

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Primary purpose

Foster high-performance hardwood structures by developing

economic, reliable and innovative joint technologies for

hardwood members and the design thereof.

HOW?

UNDERSTAND ‒ COMPLETE ‒ OPTIMISE ‒ IMPLEMENT

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UNDERSTAND…

Contributions to load-carrying capacity of joints

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UNDERSTAND…

Contributions to load-carrying capacity of joints

… COMPLETE…

Novel failure modes

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…OPTIMISE…

Increase stiffness and capacity

Load

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…OPTIMISE…

• BOF (nonlinear beam-on-foundation) modelling

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Dowel-type fastener

Wood

Fastener-to-wood interface

Rope effect

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…IMPLEMENT.

Hardwood structuresDesign Manual

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THANK YOU

Project hardwood_joint is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET Cofund ForestValue by BMLFUW

(AT), ADEME (FR), FNR (DE) and Vinnova (SE). ForestValue has received funding from the European

Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 773324.