We approach our research with a transversal character focused on timber structural design in a broad sense, covering four interconnected and complementary scales of approach to knowledge. Our areas of research and interest are:
1. Structural systems:
- Gridshells
- High-rise buildings
- Prefabricated systems
- CLT construction and hybrid systems
- Composite floors
- Form-finding
- Optimisation
- Machine Learning
- Complex geometries
- Advanced structural analysis
2. Development of wood-based products, with special interest in hardwood species:
- High performance laminated products
- LVL
- Sandwich panels for façades
3. Joints:
- Development of new CNC connection systems.
- Timber-timber and timber-steel connections
- Connection for mixed timber-concrete systems
- Evaluation of splitting strength
- Finite element modelling
4. Mechanical characterisation:
- New test methodologies
- Elastic constants
- Fracture properties
- Rheological properties
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