Meeting 2026
The 13th meeting of INTER will be held in Ås, Norway from
Monday 24 August to Thursday 27 August 2026
Information concerning location and travel will be available as soon as the registration website is ready.
List of submitted abstracts
Timber Columns
2-1 Stability-based design of log-house walls in compression - A Aloisio, D P Pasca
Stress Grading
5-1 From grades to fields: A standardised data protocol for per-piece timber information - J A J Huber, T Silvans, K Nore, A Just, M R Thomsen, M Tamke
Timber Joints and Fasteners
7-1 Fatigue behaviour of axially loaded self-tapping timber screws under pulsating tensile loading -M Tronnier, M Sieder
7-2 Unified design of steel-to-timber connections with profiled nails based on an extended analytical model - A P Ho, W Seim
7-3 Self-tapping screw reinforcement of dowel connections with slotted-in steel plates in glulam loaded parallel to the grain - C Gagnon, T Tannert, A Salenikovich
7-4 Mechanical behaviour and design of a hybrid edge connection for cross–laminated timber panels - T Stieb, R Maderebner, P Dietsch
7-5 A geometry-dependent shear equation for cohesive zone modeling of notched timber concrete composite (TCC) connections - L H Lee, Y Pan
7-6 Experimental investigation of brittle failure in connections under different load-to-grain angles - P Tanner, C Lara-Sarache, J M Cabrero, N López
7-7 Toward codification of combined shear, axial, and moment interaction in dowel-type timber connections for robustness evaluations - R Ramil, H Daneshvar
7-8 Capacity of compression perpendicular to the grain with screw reinforcement for interior and corner joints - M Totsuka
7-9 Dowels assemblies in hardwoods - M Pilon, G Greffier, L Bléron
7-10 Influence of experimentally derived component properties on the global moment–rotation behaviour of timber joints - L Buchholz, U Kuhlmann, M Knobloch
7-11 Group effects in the lateral slip modulus of dowelled timber connections – Numerical simulations for design equations - C D Aquino, M Schweigler, R Lemaître, J M Branco, T K Bader
7-12 Inconsistency between the load-carrying capacity according to the European yield model and the empirical ultimate slip modulus in EN 1995-1-1 - A S Cao, C D Aquino, J M Branco, P Palma
7-13 Interaction-based extension of the European Yield Model for high-density timber connections - E Kuck, H J Blass, C Sandhaas
7-14 Comparison of various loading histories and cyclic bending performances of self-tapping screws - K Kobayashi, K Ogawa
7-15 Study of deformations in L-shape bolted timber connection - J Fabriciuss, L Ozola, A Paeglitis
Load Sharing
8-1 A contribution to system effects with focus on rigid composites loaded in tension parallel to grain - R Brandner
Duration of Load
9-1 Short-term strength and long-term deformation of rails from CLT cut-offs - J Vessby, M Perstorper
9-2 Discussion on the mathematical formulation of creep curves for use in timber engineering design - P Grönquist, J Töpler
Laminated Members
12-1 Experimental and numerical study on the flexural behaviour of adhesive-free laminated timber panels - G Bruzzone, W M Vicente, R da Silva Guedes, S Quagliotti, S Böthig, D Godoy, L Moya
12-2 Use of a damage-layerwise model in the characterization of CLT in bending - G Blondet, A Lebée, J Bleyer
12-3 Punching shear design method for point-supported CLT floors - H Ganjali, M Shahnewaz, T Tannert
12-4 Evaluation and modeling of the performance of Hem-fir GLT under weak axis bending - X Luo, C Zhang, F Lam
12-5 Experimental evaluation of in-plane shear capacity and torsional resistance mechanisms in nailed cross-laminated timber - A Turer, C İ Akdeniz, P Gönenli
12-6 Delamination resistance of adhesively bonded European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) for structural applications - J Lovrić Vranković, I Uzelac Glavinić, I Boko, N Torić, D Glumac, M Abramović
12-7 Verification of tensile and shear stresses considering direction-dependent size effects in finite element based design - J Töpler, C Tapia Camù, C Vida, F Vafadar
12-8 Reliability-based design methodology for glued laminated timber beams subjected to impact loading - G Montalbetti, A Vuffray, A S Cao, A Frangi
12-9 Design of reinforced holes in glulam beams: Development of new provisions in the Canadian wood design standard - S Barclay, N Cheshmehkaboodi, H Daneshvar, Y H Chui
12-10 Experimental and field performance assessment of nail-laminated timber (NLT) foundation walls for residential construction - Q Ngo, H Daneshvar, Y Chen
12-11 Development of national standards on evaluation of gluelam and timber trusses for reuse – K C Mahnert, K H Bergset, K Nore, A Svendsen, A Øvrum
12-12 Failure Mode and Capacity of Nailed/Screwed Timber CLT Slab Segments Under Four-Point Bending - S A Azad, K A Saldamlı, A Türer
Structural Stability
15-1 Bracing stiffness requirements of members on discrete elastic supports subjected to compression - Design recommendations for Eurocode 5 - H Stamatopoulos, F M Massaro
15-2 Static loading and shaking table tests of the gravity-driven CLT rocking system to establish the design method for low-rise CLT buildings with no structural calculation - S Momose, T Tsuji, H Isoda, T Nakagawa, Y Araki, M Shinohara, T Noda
15-3 Seismic force modification factors for the design of mid-rise coupled balloon-type cross-laminated timber shear walls with high-performance connection systems - K Krauss, M Li, F Lam
15-4 From experimental evaluation to codification: A seismic design framework for timber moment-resisting frames with dowel-type connections - A Y Moghaddam, H Daneshvar
15-5 Fundamental period of timber buildings - L Furrer, M Geiser, L Kramer
15-6 Damping of timber structures in earthquake situations - M Geiser, F Gasser, K Maître, P Lestuzzi
15-7 Hydraulic tests on full-sized wood house using river experimental site - T Tsuchimoto, S Hirano, Y Takadate
15-8 Implications of amplitude-dependent damping (ADD) for seismic design of mass timber structures - C Zhang, Y Pan, J Zhou
15-9 Seismic performance of light timber frame buildings – implications from pushover and seismic tests - L Rauber, G Balaskas, B Hoffmeister
15-10 Need for practical design rules for bracing of compressed members - J Munch-Andersen
15-11 Analytical framework for the design of multistorey platform-type CLT shear walls incorporating floor-wall interaction - M Masroor, D Casagrande, T Tannert, G Doudak
Fire
16-1 Fire design of structural timber under non-standard fire exposure - C Karannagodage, J Schmid, A Frangi, A Just
16-2 Hybrid steel-timber frames with enhanced fire performance - C Schürmann, O Bahr, T Kirsch
16-3 Fire performance of concealed mass timber connections: Experimental evidence for code calibration - C Dagenais, M Aram, A Salenikovich
Glued Joints
18-1 Screw-press gluing in timber construction – Differences in press forces and failure mechanisms between various screw types – proposal of common rules for EN 1995-3 - A Münzer, S Aicher
Fracture Mechanics
19-1 Design of dovetail connections – A fracture mechanics approach and reliability analysis - T Claus, N Koch, T Tannert
19-2 Finite-element-based design according to Eurocode 5 – Fracture mechanics - E Serrano, H Danielsson
Serviceability
20-1 Improving vibration response prediction of timber floors in EC5 through revised effective modal mass - M Salehi, A Aloisio, E Ussher, R Tomasi
20-2 Dynamic response and comfort assessment of timber footbridge due to vertical load models of pedestrians - M Zivanovic,
E Ussher, R Tomasi
20-3 On vibration serviceability design of mass timber floors according to CSA O86-24 and Eurocode 5 - C Guo, J Zhou
Structural Design Codes
102-1 Development of joint AS/NZS 1720.1 Timber Structures Standard - L M Ottenhaus, J Shanks, D Moroder, B Stankowitz, T Smith