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Robustness of structural timber truss systems

In the last few years there has been intensely research concerning robustness of structures. As timber is very competitive building material questions about robustness of timber structures arise. However, reliability models applied to timber were always related to individual components but not the systems. In this project a robustness index and different measures of structural robustness, based on structural reliability, will be defined and analysed. Then, for the different timber truss structural systems a robustness will be assessed. Special attention will be drawn upon brittle/ductile modelling of timber and connections. Possible influence of both ductility of timber and connections on the robustness is to be analysed.

timber; truss systems; robustness; probabilistic model

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