Author: Mettem, C J;Tietz, S B
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Mettem, C J;Tietz, S B
The Structural Engineer, Volume 75, Issue 16, 1997
B8 8002 Earth-retaining structures Stephen McKechnie has written from Bristol, expressing concern about an apparent muddle in the use of ultimate limit states and serviceability states. He says: I have used the new earth-retaining structures Code twice and went through Mr Akroyd’s paper in The Structural Engineer of November last year, but something still bothers me about his approach to serviceability, and ultimate, limit states.
This paper describes research relating to the serviceability limit state (SLS) performance of timber floors. The findings of full-scale tests are summarised and related to EC5-based design of one-way spanning timber floor constructions. R.J. Bainbridge and C.J. Mettem
Timber is not yet used to its best effect in design in this country. This may, in part, be due to a lack of education on its very real benefits among students and also to historic limitations which no longer apply. M.W. Milner and R.J. Bainbridge