INNOCROSSLAM – ADDING KNOWLEDGE TOWARDS INCREASED USE OF CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER (CLT)

The research project Innovative Solutions for Cross Laminated Timber Structures (InnoCrossLam) was recently finished. The project aimed at increasing the competitiveness of CLT as a versatile engineered product, by increasing its predictability in demanding design situations not covered by the guidelines of today, or standards and codes foreseeable in the near future (e.g., second generation of European design standards). This paper summarises the main project findings in the context of innovative CLT structures, such as: i. contemporary design approaches ii. the use of (non)linear FE modelling iii. experimental investigation of complex details for CLT structures, iv. investigation of multifunctional CLT. In this paper, the motivation behind the research topics within the project InnoCrossLam is explained and backed-up by exemplary results and discussion on future work.