Abstract Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) are increasingly being used as construction
and building materials. However, the predominant use of petroleum-based adhesives in …

Engineered wood products are considered as best building materials due to
environmentally friendly. Huge change to the way in which wood has been utilized in …

In the article, the behaviour of glued wood beams are studied in order to increase their
strength under normal stresses by means of combined reinforcement. The design of the …

This study presents the feasibility of constructing moment joints using birch plywood plates
and glulam beams. Beam-beam joints consisting of birch plywood gussets and glulam …

The embedding of steel bars is proposed to enhance the load-bearing performance of
bamboo beams. Based on laboratory tests, the bending behavior of bamboo beams …

This paper presents a pioneering experimental proof-of-concept study to validate a novel
concept of prestress technology that used only pure bio-based composite materials while …

Fast-growing poplar with low wood density has been generally regarded as a low-grade
wood species and cannot be used as a building material due to its poor fire resistance. As …

Birch is a short-lived hardwood species widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Plywood
made from birch has superior mechanical properties compared with that made from most …

The actual use of solid or glued timber elements that are in direct or oblique transverse
bending under single or repeated loads is not considered in the current standards. In …

In this study, flexuralbehaviors of glue laminated timber beams manufactured from
Pinussylvestristree were investigated by comparing the results with those of massive timber …