scholarly journals Six types of enclosing structures for low-storey houses. Economic comparison

2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 03034
Author(s):  
Alexander Ibrahimov ◽  
Pavel Vechtomov ◽  
Peraskovya Andreeva ◽  
Aleksandra Popova
Keyword(s):  
Foam Concrete ◽  
Building Conditions ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Grade Scale ◽  
Concrete Blocks ◽  
Readiness Level ◽  
Frame Construction ◽  
Economic Comparison ◽  
Probability Rate ◽  
Universal Application

The article represents comparative economic analysis of 6 types of enclosing structures for low-storey houses. They are: masonry, foam concrete blocks laying, glued laminated lumber, timber frame construction, light-weight steel thin-walled framing, glued veneer panel. The last one distinguishes of a high factory readiness level, allow using nonconforming veneer in its compound, may contain underlining depending of the exact region. Analysis was carried out using five-grade scale in several groups of parameters, such as: physical characteristics, building conditions, extra works if needed and maintainability, economical characteristics, probability rate. The results obtained maid it possible to recommend glued veneer panel for universal application.

The Comparative Analysis of External Walls in a Passive House with Respect to Environment and Energy

2013 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 258-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Baďurová ◽  
Radoslav Ponechal
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Lightweight Concrete ◽  
Passive House ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Timber Constructions ◽  
Concrete Blocks

The term "passive house" refers to rigorous and voluntary standards for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint. There are many ways how to build a passive house successfully. These designs as well as construction techniques vary from ordinary timber constructions using packs of straw or constructions of clay. This paper aims to quantify environmental quality of external walls in a passive house, which are made of a timber frame, lightweight concrete blocks and sand-lime bricks in order to determine whether this constructional form provides improved environmental performance. Furthermore, this paper assesses potential benefit of energy savings at heating of houses in which their external walls are made of these three material alternatives. A two-storey residential passive house, with floorage of 170.6 m2, was evaluated. Some measurements of air and surface temperatures were done as a calibration etalon for a method of simulation.

Sustainable “Low-Tech” Architecture–Take Traditional Residential Houses in West Hunan for Example

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3805-3808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Fang Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Architectural History ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Processing Cost ◽  
Renewable Natural Resources ◽  
Processing Procedure ◽  
Simple Processing ◽  
Frame Construction

The traditional residential houses in west Hunan, China were built on principle of be in harmony with the nature, with minimal alteration to the environment and with layouts that highlights natural environment. They are made of local building materials - renewable natural resources - with natural texture and simple processing procedure that takes the lowest transportation and processing cost. The structure system of the house is pre-cast timber frame construction highly developed during Chinese architectural history. It’s safe, steady, economic, and makes use of timber resource high efficiently. These original and “low-tech” – compared with the modern “high-tech” concept – but most operational ways are the advantages of the traditional buildings that modern buildings should learn from with regard to the environment and sustainable development.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON BENDING MOMENT OF COLUMN OF TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (507) ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Masanori HATA ◽  
Masami GOTOU ◽  
Hiroshi NAKATANI
Keyword(s):  
Bending Moment ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Frame Construction

scholarly journals Two-dimensional heat transfer analysis of timber structure walls filled with hemp-lime composite

2019 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 05015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Brzyski ◽  
Sylwia Duda ◽  
Andrzej Raczkowski
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Timber Structure ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Thermal Transmittance ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Thermal Insulating ◽  
Frame Construction ◽  
Industrial Hemp

Hemp-lime composite is a thermal insulating material used as a filling in timber frame construction walls. It is a material based on the wooden part of industrial hemp stalk (hemp shives) and lime binder. In practice, different wall thicknesses, composites with different thermal properties and various configurations of timber structure are used. These factors affect the temperature distribution in the wall. In the thermally weaker areas of walls, there is a greater risk of condensation and mould growth. This issue is important while designing walls based on organic materials. The paper presents the two-dimensional (2D) heat-transfer analysis based on the finite-element method, using THERM software. Several variants of external walls were adopted for the analysis. Thermal parameters of hemp-lime composites used in the analysis were obtained from our own research. The results of the analysis were presented as the values of the thermal transmittance coefficient and linear thermal transmittance equivalent to timber construction. The temperature distribution for an exemplary wall was also shown graphically in the form of isotherms and colour-flooded isotherms.

Role of policies and national programmes on innovations in timber-frame construction.

2011 ◽  
pp. 204-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nord ◽  
S. Tykkä ◽  
D. McCluskey ◽  
F. Bajric ◽  
L. Bouriaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Timber Frame ◽  
National Programmes ◽  
Frame Construction

Performance of residential houses in the Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Buchanan ◽  
Michael P. Newcombe
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Lateral Spreading ◽  
Soil Liquefaction ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Ground Shaking ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Residential Building Stock ◽  
Frame Construction

This paper focuses on the observed seismic performance of residential houses (mainly single-storey and two-storey houses) in the Darfield earthquake on 4 September 2010 and identifies potential research areas for remediation and resilience. Overall the residential building stock, consisting predominately of light timber frame construction, performed very well, with very little structural damage due to ground shaking. The most significant structural damage to houses was from differential settlement of foundations, induced by soil liquefaction and/or lateral spreading. Many older buildings (more than 20 years old) suffered damage due to falling chimneys. Close to the fault rupture, in areas such as West Melton and Rolleston, there was significant damage to building contents due to strong shaking, and a few broken windows. Away from the fault zone, very few windows were broken in any buildings, indicating limited inter-storey drift. Research needs were identified associated mainly with the design and repair of houses on liquefaction-prone soils.

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