Advances in Engineered Wood Products and Timber Structures

Dear Colleagues,

The need for a paradigm shift in the way we design, build, and live in our buildings and cities in order to drastically reduce their carbon footprint and resource consumption is now an unavoidable requirement. In this sense, timber has significant environmental advantages over other structural materials due to its natural and renewable origin, leading to a new resurgence of this material. The continuous development of structural adhesives and lamination techniques, the emergence of new engineered wood products and innovative connection systems, as well as the evolution of design, structural analysis and digital fabrication tools, are allowing the limits of application of wood in all types of structures to be extended. At the same time, the need to intervene on an important and rich historical heritage, built centuries ago with timber structures, has also led to the development of new techniques for assessment, diagnosis, and repair. This fascinating scenario offers a wide field of current research on timber structures.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers covering some of the most recent developments in the field of engineered wood products and timber structures. Review articles are also of great interest. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Material and engineered wood products;
• Hardwood;
• Hybrid and composite elements;
• Connections;
• Components and systems;
• Multi-storey timber buildings, long-span structures and bridges;
• Structural design, modelling and analysis;
• Parametric design and digital fabrication;
• Innovative techniques for monitoring, assessment, and interventions on existing structures.

Dr. Almudena Majano Majano
Dr. Antonio José Lara Bocanegra
Prof. Dr. Francisco Arriaga
Guest Editors

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