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A complete timber building system for multi-storey buildings
Umeå Univ, Sweden.
Luleå Univ Technol, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Building Technology.
2014 (English)In: Construction Materials and Structures / [ed] Ekolu, SO; Dundu, M; Gao, X, IOS Press, 2014, p. 1164-1171Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The Masonite Flexible Building (MFB) system is a complete timber building system for commercial and residential multi-storey houses. The system is for tall and large buildings with long floor spans. The MFB system uses prefabricated wall, floor and roof elements which are delivered in flat packages and erected on the construction site. The MFB system might be classified as a panel construction, where the load-carrying structure consists of composite lightweight timber I-beams mechanically integrated with a composite laminated wood panel called PlyBoard T. The I-beams and the panel form a strong and rigid carcass for wall and floor elements, making the system well suited for high rise construction. A key feature of the MFB system is the connection technique which enables swift erection of the system units on site. The PlyBoard T panels are provided with a continuous slot along the periphery. The slot is used as a general connection interface for the joining of the wall elements. The floor elements are suspended and hooked onto the bearing walls using sheet steel hangers, allowing swift assembling of the floor deck and enabling direct vertical wall-to-wall load transfer parallel to grain. The paper presents the construction principles, system components and units, erection technique, functional and architectural aspects of the Masonite Building System.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOS Press, 2014. p. 1164-1171
Keywords [en]
Masonite flexible building system, multi-storey timber buildings, slotted-in connections, suspended connections, functionality requirements
National Category
Building Technologies
Research subject
Technology (byts ev till Engineering), Civil engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46081ISI: 000353898900149ISBN: 978-1-61499-466-4 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-46081DiVA, id: diva2:851352
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1st International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures, NOV 24-26, 2014, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Available from: 2015-09-04 Created: 2015-09-04 Last updated: 2019-11-25Bibliographically approved

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