The Timber Tower Research Project ~By: Thangmuansang Guite, B.Tech Civil
Khopi lam kia hitalou in ei gam ah leng sing leh guate zatna omlou a ngai a, inn kichi bawl di pouh in cement-concrete mah i chihlai in gam khangtouzawte’n sing inn chihbawl ta uhi.
Tulel akhovel a bullding sang pen Burj Khalifa (0.83 km a sang), One World Trade Center leh building dang sang pipite’ Structural Design bawltu Skidmore Owings & Merrill ten sawng 42 (405ft or 123.444m) a sang sing inn bawl sawm uhi-Timber Tower Research Project.
A environmental benefits di bel tam mahmah.Innlamnasiikleh concrete bawl nang in energy tampi a ngaih ban ah huihkhua a carbon dioxide tampikikhakkhia hi.Sing ahihlehvaprocessluat le ngailou, zaangin a lam sung tomzo hi.Huaitengbaan a, ei gam adinmuhnopzaw, kimanzaw in zattheihzaw ding hi.Teklei, leingoi, siikleh construction materials teamuhhakbaan ah a mantamdan i theihsahiven. Sing inn te concrete inn tuk a fire rating (meinang) a bawltheih ding engineer techihahi.
Murray Grove, London
Tulel a khovel a sing inn sangpentelak a khatMurray Grovekichi, sawng 9(kua) a sang inn diakibawlahi. Hiai a Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)kichikizang hi.Huaituh plywood pian in sing a peek-peek in laminate in thuapuhi (taksingchikhatahi a zat uh). A sing’ sa-pai(texture/grain) peek khatapat peek danglehbulh un huai in sukhauh hi.
Skidmore Owings & Merrill's (SOM)ten belhiaibaan ah a khuampi(columns/akitung) di’n a chituam ‘glued laminated timber’(glulam) zang in a tuangleh bang in bel CLT temahzatsawmuhi. A zawl(beam/khuampheizawng) tepanpih ding in bel concrete behlapzek ding ua, composite chihnaahi.
Hiai Timber Tower Research Project in a tupahihleh sing in structural load a puakinnsang bawl di in a inn apat‘carbon footprint’ hihkiam di ahi. A structural system research uapat“Concrete Jointed Timber Frame”kizanglehconcete building tohkibang structural performance ngahtheih ding chihahi. Hiaiahihleh sing zat a stress/load a sang namunte a reinforced concrete zat ding: a load sang namuntuhmundanghilou in a sing kizopnate- connecting joints ahi. Hiaiapatkilamentuh inn kizentak reinforced concrete lehsiik(steel) tohkitehtheileh carbon footprint niamzawthamahi. Hiaitawhkisai in research leh testing pailel hi.
India a enta le hichi bang high rise building sing(timber)zang a bawl nadia timber structures siam a theisiamtaktakstructural engineer tawm(negligible) hi. Aziaktangpiatuhsikleh concrete tetawhteh in sing pen material property gen haksazaw hi. Research hunkhophonomchiang in ei gam (North-East) lam diak a kiphattuampih ding hi. A lungluthuainaahihleh aesthetic point of view in sing inn tenalhbaihzaw, a diak in interior finishings ah. Nihna ah ziinling(earthquake) omchiang in concrete inntohtehin sing ahihchiahduaizaw(elastic) in a ziinlingtawh ling khawmthei hi.
Reference:-
1. IS 1893( Part 1 ) :2002Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures
2. https://www.som.com/publication/timber-tower-research-project