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The use of Irish Sitka Spruce in Timber I-joists

Mr. Ciaran O Toole, Dr. Annette Harte

Selected publications from this research to date:

• O' Toole, Ciaran,  An Investigation into the use of Irish Sitka Spruce in Timber I-joists,  M.Eng.Sc. Thesis, 2006, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.

Qualification of wood adhesives for structural softwood glulam

Dr. Gary Raftery, Dr. Annette Harte, Dr. Peter Rodd

Selected publications from this research to date:

• Raftery, G., Harte, A. and Rodd, P., Qualification of wood adhesives for structural softwood glulam with large juvenile wood content, Journal of the Institute of Wood Science, July 2008, IWSC, U.K.

• Raftery, G. and Harte, A.,  November 2-4, 2005, Evaluation of Wood Adhesives for a Glue-laminated Softwood, Proceedings of Wood Adhesives 2005, pp. 115-122, Forest Products Society, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Bond quality at the FRP-wood interface

Dr. Gary Raftery, Dr. Annette Harte, Dr. Peter Rodd

Selected publications from this research to date:

• Raftery, G., Harte, A. and Rodd, P., Bonding of FRP materials to wood using thin epoxy gluelines, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2009; Vol. 29, Issue 5, pp.580-588.

• Raftery, G., Harte, A. and Rodd, P., Bond quality at the FRP-wood interface using conventional wood laminating adhesives, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2009; Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp.101-110. 

• Raftery, G., Harte, A., and Rodd, P., 2006. Hygrothermal Compliance at FRP-Wood Bonded Interfaces. Proceedings of Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC) Conference 2007, pp. 261-270, University of Bath, England, U.K.

• Raftery, G., Harte, A., and Rodd, P., 2006. Durability Assessment of Adhesives and Reinforcement at the GFRP-Wood Interface. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE) 2006, pp.271-275, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

The reinforcement of Irish grown Sitka Spruce using commercially viable Fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs)

Dr. Gary Raftery, Dr. Annette Harte, Dr. Peter Rodd

Selected publications from this research to date:

• Raftery, G. and Harte, A., 2009, Experimental Testing of FRP Reinforced Glulam, Proceedings of Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC) Conference 2009, Edinburgh, U.K.

• Raftery, G and Harte, A.M., 2004, REPOTIM: The Development of a Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Polymer Timber Beam Using Irish Grown Sitka Spruce, Proceedings of Coford Conference on Forest Research and Development in Ireland, Underpinning Industry Development, Tullamore, Sep 2004

Prestressed FRP flexural reinforcement of glue-laminated timber beams

Mr. James Brady, Dr. Annette Harte

Selected publications from this research to date:

• Brady, J.F., and Harte, A.M. 2008. Prestressed FRP flexural strengthening of softwood glue-laminated timber beams. Proceedings of the 10 ^th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), Miyazaki, Japan, 2 - 5 June 2008.

Optimising the structural design of orientated strand board

Mr. Anthony McTigue, Dr. Annette Harte

An examination of the use of natural adhesives for timber

Ms. Mary Domoney, Dr. Annette Harte

Repair and rehabilitation of structural timber members using advance fibre reinforced polymers

Dr. Gary Raftery, Dr. Annette Harte

Innovative jointing systems for timber I-joists

Mr. Patrick Coleman, Dr. Annette Harte