A decade review on hardwood composites and their research developments
Journal Article
Blanchet, P., Cabral, M. R., Silva, J. V. F., García-Jaca, J., Ridley-Ellis, D., McGetrick, P. J., Nocetti, M., & Pommier, R. (2025)
A decade review on hardwood composites and their research developments. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 83, Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-025-02216-0
Composite materials, such as engineered wood products (EWPs), are favored for their stability, durability, and uniform mechanical properties, making them a potential way to va...
Timber properties of species with potential for wider planting in Great Britain
Report
Price, A., Ridley-Ellis, D., Adams, S., Lehneke, S., Ash, A., & Macdonald, E. (2024)
Timber properties of species with potential for wider planting in Great Britain. Forest Research
Diversifying the range of tree species planted in Great Britain is an important goal in adapting to climate change and increasing the resilience of British forests. The wood p...
Shear and Torsion
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Shear and Torsion. Timber Development UK
Eurocode 5 provides verifications for design for timber beams subjected to shear and to torsion.
It gives verifications for design for shear, for stress components (both para...
Cross Laminated Timber
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Cross Laminated Timber. Timber Development UK
Cross Laminated Timber, also known as CLT or X-lam, is an engineered timber product with a minimum of three cross-bonded layers. At least one layer is orthogonally oriented to...
Designing with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Designing with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). Timber Development UK
The development of CLT brought new possibilities for timber in construction. Instead of framing smaller timber sections to form load-bearing structural systems, timber product...
Lateral Torsional Buckling
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Lateral Torsional Buckling. Timber Development UK
Lateral torsional instability occurs when a beam’s compression face is not fully restrained against lateral movement and its relative slenderness is high. The beam may fail by...
Fire Performance of Timber and Timber Products
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Fire Performance of Timber and Timber Products. Timber Development UK
Eurocode 5: Design Principles
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Eurocode 5: Design Principles. Timber Development UK
The Eurocode System introduced a design philosophy called Limit State Design. Structures are assessed at the service or working load condition, i.e. states beyond which the st...
Eurocode 5: Introduction
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Eurocode 5: Introduction. Timber Development UK
The Eurocode System is designed to ‘eliminate technical obstacles to trade and the harmonisation of technical specifications’ in construction within the EEA. It covers all mai...
Timber and Fire Building Regulations
Report
Plowas, W. (2024)
Timber and Fire Building Regulations. Timber Development UK
The legislative system underpinning fire safety intends to protect life through each stage of the design, construction, and occupation of a building. This results in a reasona...