Wood technology - joinery and connections

The primary purpose of joints is to hold the construction together and bring loads down to the foundation. Sometimes they are performed in a factory to increase the degree of prefabrication and quality or on a construction site when the parts become too large or require accuracy. If they are visible, their appearance and functionality may be worth paying attention. A complete building is made of many joints and therefore the requirements set for entire buildings must be verified at a detailed level. At RISE, we help to develop and ensure that joint technology for timber structures meets current and future requirements, for example, we work with:

• Quality assurance of fasteners and joint processes for timber structures according to different standards,
• Fire resistance of structures made of LVL, glulam and CLT,
• Development of simple and fast tensile joints for CLT buildings,
• The effect of connections on the transmission of impact sounds and vibrations,
• Robust connections to avoid disproportionate collapse,
• Dismountable for circular buildings,
• Execution standard for adhesive joints performed on the construction site,
• Modeling of joints for better prediction of movements and dynamic properties in taller timber buildings exposed to wind-induced vibrations,
• Creep in glued joints,
• Fatigue strength of composite joints for wind turbine towers.