Timber Concrete Composite Floor Systems

Skidmore owings merrill has been researching timber concrete composite floor systems that can satisfy the structural serviceability acoustic and fire requirements of high rise buildings and has recently completed a physical testing program with.

Timber concrete composite floor systems.

Timber concrete composite tcc systems are increasingly used for upgrading existing timber floors in residential office buildings as well as for buildings and bridges ceccotti 1995. Lighter structures using timber as a primary component of the structure results in a lighter structure overall than a traditional steel frame or cast in place concrete scheme. Initially developed to refurbish floors in historical timber buildings tcc have been extensively used for decades mostly in europe. Using timber concrete composite tcc floors in multi storey buildings is a viable lightweight alternative to other flooring systems that offers potential cost savings and environmental benefits.

This kind of composite structure offers benefits that. Structural efficiency is gained by creating composite action between the two materials. Timber concrete composites mass timber research workshop november 3 rd 2015 forest products laboratory presenter. Timber concrete composite tcc is a technology which focuses on optimizing performance and material requirements by engineering a structural connection between timber and concrete components.

Timber concrete composite tcc floors are an example of a successful hybrid system that integrates two materials to achieve a performance superior to that of the individual materials. Benton johnson pe se skidmore owings merrill llptimber concrete composites november 3rd 2015. The floor system has a unique combination of low weight spanning capability and sustainability. In the 1980s and 1990s special attention was paid to multi storey timber buildings.

Timber concrete composite systems offer many advantages when compared to single material schemes including lighter floors lower embodied carbon and longer spans. T that is the conclusion of an innovative trans tasman study funded by fwpa. In the last decade an increasing amount of timber concrete composite structures has been applied for the refurbishment of existing timber floors the introduction of new floor types and as a deck system for timber bridges throughout europe.