The purpose of this chapter is to present criteria and example problems of the current state of practice of seismic design of wood and reinforced masonry buildings. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the provisions of either the Uniform Build
Optical transmittance was measured using an integrating sphere and a quartz tungsten halogen light source (model 66181, Oriel Instruments) as incident beam for stable and strong output within the visible and near infrared region (400–800 nm). Transmittance was measured and haze was calculated in ...
within theGlulamPost and Beam Stream, a user can sort loadable components. The Mass Timber Floor Assemblies are offered as system families, as well as the Light Wood Enclosure Stream, along with an interface to sort for specialized
The gelling point was determined using Thermo Scientific HAAKE RheoWin software. (version 4.63.0004, Germany HAAKE company). 3. Results and Discussion 3.1. Gelation Point Analysis The structural design of 3D printers is closely related to the forming materials, and the forming and curing mechanisms...
A white-field image was collected while the detector was irradiated without the sample’s obstruction, and the dark-field image was collected while the X-ray beam was blocked from the detector. XCT imaging was performed on each wood specimen conditioned in absorption at RH values of 0% (...
for the shear-inclusive analysis, the data measured forδobtained forF= 4 N for each value ofLtested was arranged in aL2vs.δ/Lplot. Again, ignoring the voids in the beam’s cross-sectional area, the values forA= 150 mm2andI= 450 mm4were used to obtain the elastic moduli (〈E〉...
The systems (cameras) applying ToF are the devices allowing for 3D imaging on the basis of the known speed of light and the determined time of beam propagation between each point of the image and the matrix detector [33]. ToF systems are classified as active methods, where a modulated light...
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A mixed-mode fracture specimen was designed in this paper. This geometry is a judicious compromise between a modified Double Cantilever Beam specimen and Compact Tension Shear specimens. The main objective is to propose a specimen which traduces a stable crack growth during creep loading taking into...
The laminator building a beam to V5 combination must utilize specific grades of lumber varied through the depth of the beam to produce the design values advertised, such as "the outer 15% must be high tension capacity lumber ft = x, the next 15% must be such and such, the inner 40% ...