Structural Performance Analysis of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Produced From Pine and Spruce Grown in Turkey
Abstract
Wooden buildings with many advantages such as being lightness, durability, earthquake resistant, healthy, insulating, and esthetic are suitable for all kinds places especially earthquake zones. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has increasingly become a viable alternative to other structural materials, mainly because of its excellent properties related to sustainability, energy efficiency, and speed of construction. This has resulted in the recent emergence of a significant number of CLT buildings constructed around the world. This is a study on determining the properties of CLT panels manufactured from wood species grown in Turkey and investigating of the structural behaviour and seismic resistant performance of them. Lumbers of 100 mm (width) x 50 mm (thickness) x 2400 mm (length) used in CLT manufacturing were obtained from eastern spruce (Picea orientalis L.) and scots pine (Pinus slyvestris) logs. Two replicate three-layered CLT panels of 2400 mm × 2400 mm × 150 mm in size were manufactured for each group. Density of the CLT panels was determined according to EN 323. The seismic resistant performance of the CLT shear walls was determined according to ASTM E 72 standard. CLT panels manufactured from scots pine gave higher seismic performance than those of CLT panels manufactured from spruce. The maximum load capacity of the walls increased with increasing the density values of the CLT panels.
Keywords
CLT (Cross Laminated Timber), Structural Behaviour Performance, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Scots Pine, Spruce
Supporting Institution
TUBITAK
Project Number
2170081
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