Since 2015 our team has been studying timber structures as they are growing increasingly popular in Tall building initiatives. Our group has explicitly considered Glulam, CLT and Laminated Veneer Lumbers. Our focus is experimental and numerical validating and verifying technologies for use in FEM software (LS DYNA and ABAQUS). We have paid particular attentions to adhesive performance and strength loss with temperature. One of our recent research projects focuses is on fire dynamics of timber structures. We have performed a large scale fire test to investigate the performance of multi layered gypsum in real fire conditions. The work considered a floor plan of nearly 300m2. Currently our research is supported through the Next Generation Wood Research program.
YorkU Fire Research Team 