Structural feasibility of timber-structured vertical expansions for social housing buildings in Chile
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2018
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World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE)
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In this paper, the structural feasibility of expanding existing social housing buildings structured in reinforced concrete (RC) using timber structures is investigated. For this purpose, a 4-story housing block massively built throughout Chile - known as CORVI 1010 housing block-is selected as a case study. The proposal considers a 2-story platform frame expansion. The results show that timber-structured expansions have low impact on existing buildings, minimal increase on design stress and that strengthening of the original structure is not required.
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CORVI 1010, Platform frame upgrade, Seismic analysis