Lei Han, Dr. Mohammad Derikvand, Dr. Jakub Sandak, and Dr. Andreja Kutnar, InnoRenew CoE researchers, together with Martin Hladnik from IQwood, and Dick Sandberg from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), recently published a new scientific article “Push-out resistance of threaded wooden dowels in cross-laminated timber with hardwood cross-layer,” in Wood Material Science & Engineering.

Europe is experiencing a shift in timber resource availability, with a decline in softwoods and an increase in hardwoods, which is creating a need to explore the utilisation of hardwoods, particularly in construction, where softwoods have traditionally been predominant. This is why reseracher in this article aimed to assess the potential of using hardwood in hybrid, doweled cross-laminated timber (DCLT) fabricated with pre-dried threaded beech dowels.