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Concepts for textile reinforcements for timber structures

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This paper presents general remarks on the development of timber structures as a result of technological changes. It discusses drawbacks of wood with respect to structural application. Shear and transversal strengths are very low due to the anisotropy of wood. Various techniques are applicable to cope with this drawback. This paper presents the reinforcement by means of tailor made textiles as comprehensive technology to deal with this kind of difficulties in many design situations. Particular importance is attached to the material productivity during the transformation of raw wood into structural cross sections. It is shown that cut offs in the sawmill and the predominating full section lead to a poor use of the material compared to technical profiles. A new understanding of the wood as a cellular solid is presented that allows a thermo-hygro-mechanical forming of cross sections from solid wood panels.

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Cet article présente des considérations générales sur l’évolution de constructions en bois en␣relation avec les changements technologiques. Il␣discute les inconvénients de l’utilisation structurale du bois. Vu l’anisotropie du matériau, la résistance au cisaillement et celle perpendiculaire aux fibres sont très faibles. Diverses techniques ont été proposées dans le passé pour pallier ces inconvénients. Les renforcements textiles sur mesure sont présentés comme technologie universelle permettant de surmonter ces difficultés dans la construction. Un accent particulier est mis sur la productivité du matériau à l’égard de la transformation de la grume dans une section portante. Il est démontré que les déchets dans la scierie ainsi que les sections solides mènent à une mauvaise exploitation du matériau bois comparée à celle des profilés métalliques et plastiques. Une nouvelle conception du bois comme solide cellulaire est présentée∼; elle permet un formage thermo-hygro-mécanique des sections tubulaires à partir des panneaux de bois massifs.

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Haller, P. Concepts for textile reinforcements for timber structures. Mater Struct 40, 107–118 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-006-9153-5

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