Publications by Julius Natterer

Reuse of Load-Bearing Timber Elements - Case Study of a Lookout Tower in Lausanne, Switzerland

Julius Natterer, Benoît Pascal Kälin, Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Jonas Warmuth, Edisson Xavier Estrella Arcos

The construction industry is jeopardizing Earth’s environment; current mitigation efforts do not suffice; and additional sustainable strategies are required. One such strategy consists of reusing structural building elements over multiple service lives. In ...

Curran Associates, Inc.2023

Analyse non-linéaire des coques géodésiques multicouches à joints semi-rigides

Julius Natterer

In the 90ies the IBOIS-EPFL developed a new kind of shell structure. The ribs were made with simple boards waved together to form a spatial rib shell. However, the engineer currently does not have any effective method to calculate these kinds of spatial st ...

EPFL2010

Laboratory tests of composite wood-concrete beams

Julius Natterer

Exploratory research related to the effectiveness of layered composite solid wood-concrete floor systems is described. Rectangular beams comprised of a concrete layer atop a solid dimension lumber layer were load tested. Interlayer force transfer is accomp ...

Elsevier2008

Laboratory tests of an anisotropic-grid timber bridge

Julius Natterer

Research and development was conducted on a prototype timber bridge technology developed for rural bridge sites. The work included conception, computer modeling, laboratory load tests of a reduced size specimen, field construction of a pilot bridge and fie ...

Elsevier2007

Chemical investigations on the thermal behaviour of wood during friction welding

Julius Natterer, Bernhard Stamm

Friction welding is a new technology in the course of which wood pieces are subjected to circular or linear movements in a welding machine. The wood in the contact zone is heated and melted. Aiming at a better understanding of the thermal alteration of woo ...

2006

Thermal behaviour of polysaccharides in wood during friction welding

Julius Natterer, Bernhard Stamm

Springer, Springer-Verlag2005

Joining wood by friction weldingHerstellen von Holzverbindungen mittels Reibschweissen

Julius Natterer, Bernhard Stamm

Springer, Springer-Verlag2005

Joining wood by friction welding

Julius Natterer, Bernhard Stamm

At the Chair of Timber Constructions of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) tests were carried out to join wooden work pieces by friction welding without any additional welding deposit. It could be determined that this kind of tech ...

2005