half-timbered house 2.0
half-timbered house 2.0 research project
26.04.2024 - The research project Fachwerk 2.0, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) and is being carried out jointly with the BTU Cottbus, the Hessenpark Open-Air Museum and the Laboratory for Building Research and the Laboratory of Timber Engineering at the HSRM, focuses on the scientific investigation of driving rain absorption in the joints between the timber frame and the compartments, which is often a source of damage.
To this end, test stands have been set up in the Hessenpark open-air museum in recent months. The construction was largely carried out by the team from the Laboratory of Timber Engineering at the HSRM and student assistants: from excavating the foundations to the concrete work, the joinery of the timber, the construction of the test buildings and the installation of the measurement technology.
The test stands are equipped with different variants of infill panels, types of wood and constructive training of the joints. The orientation of the façade surfaces in all four cardinal directions and the recording of the amount of driving rain that hits them in each case also makes it possible to consider the orientation of the components. The goal is to measure and qualitatively evaluate the different variants and exposures and to simulate the rain absorption in the joint using building physics calculation programs.
The described research focus "Experimental investigation of the joint between compartment and wood" is led by Ulrich Arnold, member of staff in the working group "Materials from renewable raw materials in construction" under the direction of Dr.-Ing Oliver Bletz-Mühldorfer. He will incorporate the research results into his doctoral project. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Graf from the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University in Kaiserslautern has been engaged as a speaker. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Duppel will be the HSRM's co-lecturer.
26.04.2024
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