Wood-cement Compounds for Building Skins – Structural, Building-physical and Sustainability Performance

Chairs: Daia Zwicky, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland, and Alireza Fadai, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Mechanical properties of wood-cement compounds
  • Short-term properties: stiffness and ultimate strength
  • Long-term properties: shrinkage and creep
  • Consequences and challenges for the structural engineer

Daia Zwicky, School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland

Wood-cement compound-based load-bearing wall elements
  • Full-scale buckling tests on wall elements
  • Results and evaluation
  • Recommendations for the structural design

Niccolò Macchi, School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland

Thermal and acoustic insulation properties of Wood-cement compounds
  • Laboratory tests and evaluation
  • Recommendations for conceptual design
  • Mean values of building-physical properties

Alireza Fadai, Dep. of Structural Design and Timber Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Numerical simulations of the overall building-physical performance of wood-cement compound-based building skins
  • Consequences and challenges for building-physical engineers
  • Comparison to other construction materials
  • Optimizing heating energy and thermal comfort

Joachim Nathanael Nackler, Dep. of Structural Design and Timber Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Combustibility of wood-cement compounds
  • Ignition temperature, calorific values and ash content
  • Fume composition and pollutants
  • Suitability as fire protection layer

Daia Zwicky, School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland

Economic and ecological performance of wood-cement compound-based wall elements
  • Eco-balance of raw materials
  • Eco-balance of complete wall elements
  • Comparison to other construction materials and methods

Wolfgang Winter, Dep. of Structural Design and Timber Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

17:45 End of Conference Day 1