Development of an Innovative Approach for the Renovation of Timber Floors with the Application of CLT Panels and Structural Glass Strips

The CLT Panels in Structural Restoration: Characteristics and Technical Regulations

“…Willing to investigate the possible applications in the structural restoration field, was noted that these panels have often been used for the refurbishment and reinforcement of existing wooden floors and roofs [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13].…”

“…These structural wood-based panels are to date widely used in the structural reinforce of the timber floors in order to increase their strength to the actions that operate in their own plan [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. It is considered essential to better know the mechanical properties and laws that govern the behaviour of this material subjected to stress, in order to evaluate the possibility of extending its use to other field of application.…”

Design Considerations for Retrofitting of Historic Masonry Structures with Externally Bonded FRP Systems

“…Each wall assemblage is made of individual masonry piers that are interconnected at storey levels with spandrel elements above the window and door openings. It has been assumed that the storey slabs of the building have been retrofitted by substituting the initial timber slabs with unidirectional timber beams (as suggested, for example, by Unuk, Premrov, and Žegarac Leskovar 2019) or by installing monolithic RC slabs. The retrofitted slabs act as stiff diaphragms.…”

Novel composite connection for timber–glass composite structures

“…Such a measure would be especially favourable for renovation purposes in which the originality of the building elements needs to be preserved to the highest extent possible, either because of architectural heritage demands or the individual requests of architects, owners, or investors. One example could be strengthening or stiffening existing timber floors, where the visibility of the underside (ceiling) is of high importance, as explained in [13] and shown in Fig. 1.…”

“…3D view of a possible intervention on a timber floor joiststrengthening of the upper side of the timber joist with a CLT panel and strengthening of the underside with a glass strip (Adapted from[13])…”