Browsing by Author "Cárcamo Chávez, Sebastián"

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    Structural feasibility of timber-structured vertical expansions for social housing buildings in Chile
    (World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), 2018) Schmitt Rivera, Cristián; Calderón Díaz, Sebastián Andrés; Cárcamo Chávez, Sebastián; Sandoval Mandujano, Cristián; Chateau Gannon, Francisco; Martínez Torres, María Paula
    In this paper, the structural feasibility of expanding existing social housing buildings structured in reinforced concrete (RC) using timber structures is investigated. For this purpose, a 4-story housing block massively built throughout Chile - known as CORVI 1010 housing block-is selected as a case study. The proposal considers a 2-story platform frame expansion. The results show that timber-structured expansions have low impact on existing buildings, minimal increase on design stress and that strengthening of the original structure is not required.