"Wood in Civil Engineering" ed. by Giovanna Concu

This book aims to contribute to knowledge in the application of wood in the building industry.

Wood is a natural building material: if used in building elements, it can play structural, functional and aesthetic roles at the same time. The use of wood in buildings, which goes back to the oldest of times, is now experiencing a period of strong expansion in virtue of the sustainable dimension of wood buildings from the environmental, economic and social standpoints. However, its use as an engineering material calls for constant development of theoretical and experimental research to respond properly to the issues involved in this.

Contents
Preface
1 Grading of Low-Quality Wood for Use in Structural Elements
2 Wood Thermal Properties
3 A Finite Element Method Model for Large Strains Analysis of Timber
4 Flame-Retardant Systems Based on Alkoxysilanes for Wood Protection
5 Wood-Boring Insect Control in Constructions by High Temperature and Microwaves
6 Exterior Wood Coatings
7 Wooden Reinforcement for Earth Constructions in the Castile Area of Spain
8 Wood-Reinforced Polymer Composites
9 Ductile Behavior of Timber Structures under Strong Dynamic Loads
10 Traditional Wooden Buildings in China
11 Experimental Analyses and Numerical Models of CLT Shear Walls under Cyclic Loading