1st International Conference On Timber Structures and Engineering
13 - 15 June, 2017
New Forest, UK
Introduction
The 1st International Conference on Timber Structures is being organised by the Wessex Institute in collaboration with the Technical Centre of Wood Industry in Belgium.
Rapid advances have recently been made in the development and processing of innovative ecologically friendly wood products. A wide range of new structural shapes can now be fabricated and used to construct buildings and bridges which have minimal impact on the environment. Wood is particularly attractive since it is renewable and has no carbon footprint when it is harvested in a sustainable way. Timber structures are ecologically sound and comparatively low cost. The material lends itself to innovative design and new types of composites offer reliable, robust and safe materials.
The Conference will explore the latest developments in wood products and their application as structural components with emphasis on new research and real applications. It is intended to provide a platform for the presentation and discussion between researchers and practitioners of new and innovative ideas in this important field.
Rapid advances have recently been made in the development and processing of innovative ecologically friendly wood products. A wide range of new structural shapes can now be fabricated and used to construct buildings and bridges which have minimal impact on the environment. Wood is particularly attractive since it is renewable and has no carbon footprint when it is harvested in a sustainable way. Timber structures are ecologically sound and comparatively low cost. The material lends itself to innovative design and new types of composites offer reliable, robust and safe materials.
The Conference will explore the latest developments in wood products and their application as structural components with emphasis on new research and real applications. It is intended to provide a platform for the presentation and discussion between researchers and practitioners of new and innovative ideas in this important field.
Conference Topics
The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Timber Structures 2017. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.
- Wood products characterisation
- Material properties of wood
- Durability aspects, service life modelling
- Fire safety of timber structures
- Protection against decay
- Non-destructive inspection and monitoring
- Glued, laminated structures, Xlam and CLT
- Timber joints and connections
- Vernacular wood structures
- Heritage timber structures
- Timber housing and eco-architecture
- Timber bridges
- Large span timber roof structures
- Shell structures in timber
- Mixed, composite and hybrid structures
- Computational analysis and experimental methods
- Structural engineering and design
- Seismic behaviour of timber structures
- Protection of timber
- Case studies
- Repaired timber structures
- Rapidly assembled and transferable timber structures
- Guidelines, codes and regulations
- Structure failures
- Art and craftsmanship
Find out more on the conference webpage.