TOPICS

FORMER FREQUENT TOPICS OF SHATIS

  • Historic timber structures
  • Traditional practices, materials and techniques
  • Timber properties and methodology in diagnosis
  • Case studies
  • Basics of structural design for existing structures
  • Structural interventions – traditional and engineering techniques and installation
  • Experimental analytical methods and tests, non-destructive or minimum invasive techniques
  • Structural evaluation, interventions and safety assessment (fire, earthquakes)
  • Monitoring and survey of (historic) timber structures, development of monitoring techniques

NEW TOPICS TO BE CONSIDERED:

  • JOINT ANALYSIS -traditional carpentry joints, engineering interventions, modelling of joints
  • BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE OF THE WOOD: detection, intervention and prevention
  • ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN RETROFITTING – approach and novelties
  • NUMERICAL MODELLING – structural, seismic
  • DIGITALIZATION in structural analysis and assessment
  • EDUCATION for specific knowledge in assessment and retrofitting – requirements, experience, internationalization
  • UPGRADING OF EXISTING BUILDINGS (e.g. by CLT), vertical extensions, exostrengthening