CompWood 2019
International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference, June 17-19, 2019, Växjö, Sweden.
The second version of the ECCOMAS Thematic conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics will be arranged at Linnaeus University in Växjö, June 17-19, 2019. The conference is devoted to computational methods applied in the field of wood mechanics and timber engineering for research from material properties up to structural applications. By bringing together leading academic scientists, researcher scholars and young scientists, it aims at providing a platform for scientific exchange and at facilitating discussions of research topics in wood mechanics and timber engineering. Five invited, well-known researchers of the field will give keynote lectures. We invite both oral presentations and poster presentations in the area of numerical and analytical models, experimental investigations, and design concepts for wood at different length scales.
Scope and Invitation
Wood is an excellent building material, due to its outstanding weight-performance characteristics, its sustainable availability and its appearance generally perceived as very pleasant. For all these reasons, wood as main building component is very well suited for a lot of engineering structures. Nevertheless, it is not used as extensively and efficiently as these properties would suggest. The inherent heterogeneous material structure and the great diversity of species make wood a challenging material as regards computational mechanical and engineering design models. Thus, the potential of wood, wood-based products, and timber building components is not fully exploited yet. Limits in existing design methods hamper a reliable and economically competitive design of timber structures. The use of modern computational methods is expected to complement experimental investigations and to enhance the predictive capability of design methods for wood and wood-based products as well as for timber engineering.
Challenges are for example the appropriate description of complex brittle and ductile failure modes (triggered by the anisotropic material behavior), the resulting load transfer mechanisms (specifically in the case of reinforcements), and a realistic determination of compliances of connections between timber components. For all this, the time-, moisture- and temperature-dependency of wood may be taken into account. To address these challenges, detailed knowledge of the mechanical behavior of wood on different length scales, from the 'cell wall material' over 'wood-based products' up to 'timber structures', must be gained, brought together in modern mechanical modelling strategies, and finally transferred to engineering practice.
The resulting goal of this ECCOMAS Thematic Conference is to establish a platform for knowledge exchange between scientists in the field of computational wood mechanics. Related experimental and theoretical research as well as applied research up to design solutions for practical examples are also welcome, to extend the knowledge base of this unique material.
Thus, the scientific and technical areas covered by this conference are numerical and analytical models, experimental investigations, and design concepts for wood at different length scales, wood-based products, building components, and timber structures.
Conference Topics and Keynote Speakers
The topics covered by CompWood 2019 are
• theoretical (design concepts, material modelling),
• numerical (nonlinear and stochastic simulations), and
• experimental investigations related to computational wood mechanics at different length scales, like the
• wood microscale (cell behavior, fibers, pulp and paper)
• wood macroscale (solid wood, wood products, laminated members, joints)
• structural scale structural scale (building constructions, construction details, historical applications, etcetera).
Keynote Speakers
Philipp DIETSCH
Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Kjell Arne MALO
Department of Structural Engineering
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Patrick PERRÉ
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (LGPM) Centrale Supélec,
Université Paris-Saclay, France
Erik SERRANO
Division of Structural Mechanics
Lund University, Sweden
Falk WITTEL
Chair of Computational Physics for Engineering Materials
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Organizing Institutions and Members
Organizing Institutions
Linnaeus University, Sweden, Department of Building Technology
TU Wien, Austria, Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Chairmen
Thomas K. BADER, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Josef FÜSSL, TU Wien, Austria
Anders OLSSON, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Scientific Advisory Committee
Chairman Josef EBERHARDSTEINER, Austria
Simon AICHER, Germany
Hans Joachim BLASS, Germany
Reinhard BRANDNER, Austria
Ingo BURGERT, Switzerland
José Manuel CABRERO BALLARÍN, Spain
Wen-Shao CHANG, UK
Peggi L. CLOUSTON, USA
Thierry DESCAMPS, Belgium
Massimo FRAGIACOMO, Italy
Andrea FRANGI, Switzerland
Steffen FRANKE, Switzerland
Kristofer GAMSTEDT, Sweden
Joseph GRIL, France
Peer HALLER, Germany
Mark HUGHES, Finland
Michael KALISKE, Germany
Jochen KÖHLER, Norway
Petr KUKLIK, Czech Republic
Eric N. LANDIS, USA
Markus LUKACEVIC, Austria
Ulrich MÜLLER, Austria
Lech MUSZYNSKI, USA
Peter NIEMZ, Switzerland
Sigurdur ORMARSSON, Sweden
Guillaume POT, France
Gerhard SCHICKHOFER, Austria
Erick I. SAAVEDRA FLORES, Chile
Staffan SVENSSON, Sweden
Jose XAVIER, Portugal
Abstracts
Here you find "Book of Abstract"
When you arrive and register for the conference you will also get an USB with the "Book of Abstract"
Programme
Sunday June 16, 2019:
18:00-20:00 Welcome reception at Lagerlunden Bistro & Bar at Elite Stadshotellet
Monday June 17, 2019:
09:00 - 18:00 Keynote lectures and parallel sessions
IKEA
09:00 Opening Conference Chairmen
09:10 Welcome by Peter Aronsson, Vice-chancellor of Linnaeus University
09:20 Växjö Municipality, Bo Frank
09:30 Keynote lecture Kjell Arne Malo
10:00 Keynote lecture Philipp Dietsch
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Session: Computational methods for material, connections and structures
13:00 Lunch
14:00 SÖDRA, session: Connections and timber structures
14:00 NCC, session: Cross-laminated timber
16:00 Coffee
16:30 SÖDRA, session: Simulating the mechanical behavior of connections
16:30 NCC, session: Simulation of materials and structures
Tuesday June 18, 2019:
09:00 - 18:00 Keynote lectures and parallel sessions
IKEA
09:00 Keynote lecture Patrick Perrè
09:30 Session: Modelling moisture in wood
10:30 Coffee
11:00 SÖDRA, session: Brittle failure of wood
11:00 NCC, session: Fiber orientation - modeling and grading of wood
13:00 Lunch
14:00 SÖDRA, session: Computational analysis of timber structures
14:00 NCC, session: Modeling of wood products
16:00 Coffee
16:30 SÖDRA, session: Simulation of materials and structures
16:30 NCC, session: Timber composite and wood material characterization
20:00-23:00 conference Banquet at PM&Vänner restaurant
Wednesday June 19, 2019:
09:00 - 15:00 Keynote lectures and parallel sessions
IKEA
09:00 Keynote lecture Erik Serrano
09:30 Session: Cross laminated timber structures
10:30 Coffee
11:00 SÖDRA, session: Simulating the mechanical behavior of connections
11:00 NCC, session: Historic wood application and adhesives
12:40 Lunch
13:30 IKEA, session: Simulation and testing
IKEA
14:30 Keynote lecture Falk Wittel
15:00 Closing