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Rolling Shear - The Achille’s Heel in CLT Bending

Journal

Pierre Quenneville, Professor of timber design, The University of Auckland; Bjørn Stankowitz, Technical Director – Timber, ENGCO Consulting Engineers

Rolling shear is one of the characteristics of timber which had very little consideration in NZ so far. It was considered when dealing with plywood design but was mostly overlooked in normal timber member design. However, this changed with the advent of mass timber and Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels.

Volume:

31

Issue:

4

Year:

2023

Rolling Shear - The Achille’s Heel in CLT Bending
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