Development of Adhesive Free Engineered Wood Products - Towards Adhesive Free Timber Buildings

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Contributors

  • Zhongwei Guan - , University of Liverpool (UOL) (Author)
  • Adeayo Sotayo - , University of Liverpool (UOL) (Author)
  • Marc Oudjene - , Université de Lorraine (Author)
  • Imane El-Houjeyri - , Université de Lorraine (Author)
  • Annette M. Harte - , University of Galway (Author)
  • Sameer Mehra - , University of Galway (Author)
  • Peer Haller - , Chair of Timber Engineering and Structural Design (Author)
  • Siavash Namari - , Chair of Timber Engineering and Structural Design (Author)
  • Ahmed Makradi - , University of Luxembourg (Author)
  • Salim Belouettar - , Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Author)
  • François Deneufbourg - , Office Economique Wallon Du Bois (Author)

Abstract

Over 5 million m 3 of engineered wood products (EWPs) are produced in the EU annually and the market is rising. However, EWPs have a high degree of petrochemical use in their manufacturing. In addition, throughout the life span of these EWP products from manufacture to disposal, they emit formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which makes recycling very difficult. In this paper, preliminary experimental work on Adhesive Free Engineered Wood Products (AFEWPs) is presented, which covers (1) manufacture of compressed wood (CW) dowels, (2) fabrication of adhesive free laminated beams and connections, (3) structural testing of AFEWPs. Also, the finite element models are being developed to assist designing of AFEWPs in terms of size of compressed wood dowel and dowel patterns in order to maximise their stiffness and load carrying capacities.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the World Conference on Timber Engineering 2018
Place of PublicationSeoul
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2018
Peer-reviewedNo