{"title":"Timber Floors and Strengthening Techniques (Illustrated with a Numerical Example)","authors":"Žiga Unuk, V. Ž. Leskovar, M. Premrov","doi":"10.18400/TEKDERG.408857","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The trend of renewing old masonry buildings and provision of new housing, public and other areas without using new building lots is becoming increasingly important to ensure the conformity of the renovated buildings with the current technical regulations. One compliance aspect is the load-bearing function, which in a large degree depends on the floor structures. As old masonry buildings often have timber floors, the purpose of this article is to provide an insight into the field of timber floor strengthening. Thus, the evolution of floor structures is compactly presented, and common types of timber floors are given. Furthermore, the weight of different timber floor fillings is studied in relation to the prescribed imposed loads. Measures for strengthening old timber floors are introduced separately for vertical and horizontal strengthening. Additionally, a classic timber floor and a timber-concrete composite floor are analyzed according to the current building standards in the European Union, the Eurocodes.","PeriodicalId":49442,"journal":{"name":"Teknik Dergi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Teknik Dergi","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18400/TEKDERG.408857","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, CIVIL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The trend of renewing old masonry buildings and provision of new housing, public and other areas without using new building lots is becoming increasingly important to ensure the conformity of the renovated buildings with the current technical regulations. One compliance aspect is the load-bearing function, which in a large degree depends on the floor structures. As old masonry buildings often have timber floors, the purpose of this article is to provide an insight into the field of timber floor strengthening. Thus, the evolution of floor structures is compactly presented, and common types of timber floors are given. Furthermore, the weight of different timber floor fillings is studied in relation to the prescribed imposed loads. Measures for strengthening old timber floors are introduced separately for vertical and horizontal strengthening. Additionally, a classic timber floor and a timber-concrete composite floor are analyzed according to the current building standards in the European Union, the Eurocodes.
期刊介绍:
The scope of Teknik Dergi is naturally confined with the subjects falling in the area of civil engineering. However, the area of civil engineering has recently been significantly enlarged, even the definition of civil engineering has somewhat changed.
Half a century ago, engineering was simply defined as “the art of using and converting the natural resources for the benefit of the mankind”. Today, the same objective is expected to be realised (i) by complying with the desire and expectations of the people concerned and (ii) without wasting the resources and within the sustainability principles. This change has required an interaction between engineering and social and administrative sciences. Some subjects at the borderline between civil engineering and social and administrative sciences have consequently been included in the area of civil engineering.
Teknik Dergi defines its scope in line with this understanding. However, it requires the papers falling in the borderline to have a significant component of civil engineering.