Timber
There is a growing demand from architects, developers and clients to create buildings from engineered timber products.
Timber is both aesthetically appealing and environmentally advantageous; however, fire safety considerations are frequently cited as a major constraint on the use of timber within buildings. UQ is a leading researcher in this area and is actively working to provide engineers with the knowledge and understanding required to build safely with timber at a large scale.
UQ Fire is a key member of the Centre for Future Timber Structures devoted to research that will allow developing concepts for timber skyscrapers; characterising the fire dynamics associated with timber structures; assessing the fire performance of novel timber composite products; and characterising the structural response of timber in fire conditions.
UQ Fire research projects on timber include:
'Fire performance of floor timber systems' led by Abdulrahman Zaben (PhD).
'Exploring the self-extinguishment mechanism of cross-laminated timber in full-scale compartment fires' led by Hangyu Xu (PhD).
'On the Fire Behaviour of Cross-Laminated Timber' led by Juan Cuevas (PhD).
'Establishing the Pathway of Timber from Plantation to Construction – Incentives and Limitations' led by Diana Casimiro-Soriguer (PhD).
'Self-extinguishment of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) in Multi-Scale Compartment Fires' led by Carmen Gorska Putynska (PhD).
'The Effect of Fuel Load Nature on the Self-Extinction of Mass Timber' completed in 2018 by Aidon Browning (BE-ME).
'Biomimetic Approach to Timber and Treatments for Fire Performance' completed in 2018 by Andy Wong (BE-ME).
'A composite FRP-Glulam beam with enhanced fire performance – Effects of depth' completed in 2018 by Sohan Roopra (BE-ME).
'Fire exposure of facades in cross laminated timber buildings' completed in 2017 by Teagan MacDonald (BE-ME).
'Fire exposure of facades in cross laminated timber buildings' completed in 2017 by Teagan MacDonald (BE-ME).
'Novel timber-FRP composite for fire safe load-bearing systems' completed in 2017 by Harrison Wall (BE-ME).
'Fundamentals for the Fire Design of Cross Laminated Timber Buildings' completed in 2016 by Dr Richard Emberley.
