Browsing Civil Engineering by Subject "reinforcement"

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    • Densified wood dowel reinforcement of timber perpendicular to the grain: a pilot study 

      O'Ceallaigh, C.; Conway, Michael; Mehra, Sameer; Harte, Annette M.; O'Ceallaigh, Conan (Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-07)
      An investigation was carried out to examine the potential to utilise densified wood dowels as a reinforcement for timber subjected to compression loading perpendicular to the grain. While timber has a high strength-to-weight ...

    • Viscoelastic creep in reinforced glulam 

      O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Sikora, Karol; McPolin, Daniel; Harte, Annette M. (TU Verlag Wien, 2016-08-22)
      The mechanical and physical properties of softwood timber can vary considerably as a result of the age and rate of growth of the tree and other environmental factors which affect the wood cell density and strength [1]. ...