Design of Connections for Post Tensioned Rocking Timber Frames

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Title

Design of Connections for Post Tensioned Rocking Timber Frames

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Pres-Lam technology aims to allow timber to stand alongside concrete and steel as a material of choice for multi-storey frame structures. It combines Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) structural members post-tensioning and energy dissipation devices. This enables the design of buildings are easier to repair, and able to be reoccupied quickly following earthquakes. This thesis investigates beam column joints for post-tensioned timber frame buildings, with the aim of providing design and detailing ...

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Research paper

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Armstrong, Thomas William Nevill

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10092/11386

Related subjects

Beam / Column / Connection / Detailing / Dissipater / Frame / Joint / LVL / Post-Tensioned / Pres-Lam / Rocking / Seismic / Timber

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