The primary outputs of the work are Eurocode compatible preliminary predictive models for individual in situ structural timber elements for the characteristic values of MoE, MoR and density together with new methodologies for accounting for issues such as selection bias, prior grading and the deterioration of structural timber in service. It is considered that this approach to modelling, based on the UK, is transferable to other countries.
Keywords: NDT, SDT, characteristic values, Eurocodes, quantile regression, bootstrapping
Authors
Mike Bather
University of Liverpool, UK
Daniel Ridley-Ellis
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
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