Advances on structural design with timber in Uruguay: Towards a proposal for a National Annex to Eurocode 5 Presenter: Vanesa Baño Andrea Cardoso Leandro Domenech Gonzalo Cetrangolo Corresponding author: Hugo O’Neill [email protected] Laura Moya 1. Uruguayan forestry Uruguayan forestry The Uruguayan forestry sector has had a significant increase in wood volume during the last thirty years as a result of a government policy to promote forest plantations 1. Uruguayan forestry Uruguayan forestry The Uruguayan forestry sector has had a significant increase in wood volume during the last thirty years as a result of a government policy to promote forest plantations The main industrial use of eucalyptus species is the production of pulp, while pine and part of the eucalyptus are used for construction products 1. Uruguayan forestry Uruguayan forestry An important volume of wood (1.7 million m3 of pine and 0.4 million m3 of eucalyptus) have not current industrial destination 1. Uruguayan forestry Uruguayan forestry An important volume of wood (1.7 million m3 of pine and 0.4 million m3 of eucalyptus) have not current industrial destination The Uruguayan government has impulse the incorporation of timber for structural use, which implies the need for a national system of codes for timber products and for design and construction with timber 2. Design process 2.1. Stages in structural design Design process of a structure Structural planning Definition of external loads Determination of internal forces Design of structural members Detailing, drawing and preparation of schedules 2. Design process 2.1. Stages in structural design Design process of a structure Structural planning Definition of external loads Design codes Determination of internal forces Design of structural members Detailing, drawing and Introduction preparation of schedules of security 2. Design process 2.1. Stages in structural design Design process of a structure Structural planning Definition of external loads Design codes Determination of internal forces ASD Design of structural members or Detailing, drawing and Introduction LRFD preparation of schedules of security 2. Design process 2.2. ASD and LRFD methods ASD and LRFD methods ASD: Allowable Strength Design LRFD: Load and Resistance Factor Design
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