Development of ultra-thin timber-concrete composite upgrades

Jonathan Skinner; Julie Bregulla; Richard Harris; Kevin Paine; Peter Walker

Development of ultra-thin timber-concrete composite upgrades

Jonathan Skinner, Julie Bregulla, Richard Harris, Kevin Paine, Peter Walker

University of Bath

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Abstract

Timber floors can suffer from poor serviceability performance and require upgrade. By stiffening floors with a thin (20mm), polymer modified, fibre reinforced floor screed, excessive in-service deflections and vibrations are remediated. This paper describes the recent development of the upgrade technique through: characterisation of shear connectors under static and cyclic loading; a programme of short-term bending tests of panels; floor vibration testing and a collapse test of a complete floor. It was found that a thin topping upgrade increased the bending stiffness by up to 114%, reduced the number of modal frequencies below 40Hz from 5 to 4 and reduced the peak acceleration of the vibration response by 56.8%.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	World Conference on Timber Engineering: Renaissance of Timber Construction, WCTE 2014 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: 10 Aug 2014 → 14 Aug 2014

Conference

Conference	World Conference on Timber Engineering: Renaissance of Timber Construction, WCTE 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	10/08/14 → 14/08/14

Keywords

Serviceability
Thin
Timber-concrete composite
Vibration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Forestry
Plant Science

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Development of ultra-thin timber-concrete composite upgrades

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