Hybrid CLT Concrete

Project
Katherina Beck
Director of operations,
KLH ELEMENT

Cross Laminated Timber Symposium, October 12, 2011

Moncton
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Head Office AGF Group, Longueuil (QC)

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Existing building
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HYBRID: ADVANTAGES

Increased bending
stiffness

Less susceptible to
vibration
Better acoustic
separation

Incorporation of conduits in
the floor system
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(source: holzbau handbuch |Reihe 4|Teil

1)

Concrete in the flexural compression zone

Mechanical fastener or notches

CLT in the flexural tension zone

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HYBRID: C0NNECTION
Example:
VB screws
Mechanical (SFS
connectors Intec)

Deformabl

Stiffness
e
connectio
n Example: HBV
shear connector
(TiComTec)
Rigid
connectio
n (source: Informationsdienst Holz|Step 2)

Notches and grooves

(source: Jorge et al, 2010)

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HYBRID:
CALCULATION
METHODS
Mechanically jointed beams Virtual beam method by
theory – “
- Method” (EC 5 Rautenstauch et al.
Annexe
DistanceB)
s1
Slip modulus K1

Finite Element Method

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SOFTWARE BY PRODUCERS
HBV shear connectors

SFS Intec VB screws

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QUESTIONS ?