A seismic-resistant steel frame with energy-dissipating, chevron-type braces is proposed. The are equipped replaceable hourglass-shaped pins made of duplex stainless steel. Under design seismic loading, energy dissipated through inelastic deformations confined in the while other members remain essentially elastic. As a result, exhibits high post-yield stiffness due to inherent properties stainl...

Cross-laminated timber is increasingly being used in the construction of high-rise buildings due to its simple manufacturing system. In term of fire resistance, cross-laminated timber panels are promoted as having excellent fire resistance, comparable to that of non-combustible materials and to heavy timber construction, due to the ability of thick wood assemblies to char slowly at a predictabl...

In recent decades, there is a trend in Scandinavian countries to build multi-storey residential houses using prefabricated timber modules. It highly efficient construction process with less environmental impact and material waste. A significant building element the modules light-frame wall, which has be carefully analysed optimized this process. This paper presents new parametric Finite Element...

During rehabilitation of residential buildings built in the first half 20th century, it is necessary to strengthen timber floors so they can fulfill requirements strength and serviceability according contemporary regulations. Floors made monolithic girders be most easily strengthened by forming a composite structure with reinforced concrete slab supported on trapezoidal steel sheeting, appropri...

The topic of the paper is the probabilistic analysis of the ultimate limit state of a steel strut loaded by permanent and long-time single variation action. The failure probability misalignment according to the EN 1990 concept of a structure designed according to the EUROCODE 3 is analyzed here. In the stochastic model, material and geometrical characteristics of a hot-rolled steel cross-sectio...