Abstract
Timber and concrete can be complimentary building material. Both are relatively cheap and easy to work. In composite elements, timber provides the tensile strength for the concrete working in compression. In building design such a system offers performance and construction benefits. At the University of Tasmania, researchers Peter Yttrup and Gregory Nolan have conducted full scale testing of different means of achieving composite action between timber and concrete and developed a new and highly economic method of shear connection between these two materials.
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