Mass Timber Floor Prototypes
Full-scale CLT floor prototypes with Laser Doppler Vibrometry measurements.
Design, fabrication and assembly of two full-scale Cross Laminated Timber floor prototypes on a glulam frame, built at the University of Washington to study the vibro-acoustic performance of mass timber floors with complex geometry. The prototypes were measured with Laser Doppler Vibrometry to validate finite element models of low-frequency sound transmission and study the influence of geometry and joinery.
Location: Seattle, WA, USA Year: 2022–2023
Credits
- Nathan Brown — UW Department of Architecture
- N.B. Roozen — KU Leuven
- Andy Piacsek — Central Washington University