During October 4 and 5, our teacher and director of the Chair Madera Onesta José Manuel Cabrero will participate as speaker in Training School 'Holistic Design of Timber Connections', an activity organized by Cost Action HELEN in Cortaccia (Italy). The intensive 2-day course includes lectures, a demonstration of laboratory and a social event.

Specifically, José Manuel Cabrero will give two lectures on the 4th: CLT connections, screws and special connectors and Brittle failure modes in timber connections.

The behavior of timber connections can have a major impact on the performance of Structures timber under several different perspectives, not only in terms of static loading, especially in the case of taller buildings.

Some of the aspects in which wood connections play an important role are: fire resistance, dynamic behavior, acoustic performance, seismic capacity, progressive collapse and durability.

Therefore, interdisciplinary analysis and interaction of wood connections are essential to enable safe constructions, as well as respecting the demands of human well-being.

Training School "Holistic Design of Timber Connections" has as goal to offer advanced knowledge on the design holistic design of timber connections through a multidisciplinary approach , in line with the mission statement of Cost Action CA20139 - HELEN. 

SPEAKERS

• D. Casagrande, A. Polastri (Italy). National Research Council

• M. Izzi (Italy). Federlegno Arredo

• P. Grossi (Italy). Rothoblaas

• R. Jockwer (Sweden). Chalmers University

• J. M. Cabrero (Spain). University of Navarra

• G. D'Arenzo (Denmark). Aarhus University

• S. Franke (Switzerland). Bern University of Applied Sciences

• P. Palma (Switzerland). Empa

• L. Ottenhaus (Australia). The University of Queensland

• C. Viau (Canada). Carleton University