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Papers presented at the 2nd Latin American Congress on Wood Structures and the 2nd Ibero-Latin American Congress on Wood in Construction

May 26, 2017
Four papers co-authored by faculty members from the School of Architecture were presented at the 2nd Latin American Congress on Wood Structures and the 2nd Ibero-Latin American Congress on Wood in Construction (CLEM+CIMAD 2017). This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the National University of the Northwest of Buenos Aires, took place from May 17 to 19, 2017, in that city. The articles were published in the conference proceedings.


The papers are as follows:

- “Determination of the elastic constants of fast-growing Uruguayan pine through compression and bending tests” by Dr. Laura Moya, professor and researcher at the School of Architecture; Dr. Vanesa Baño, assistant professor at the Institute of Structures and Transportation in the School of Engineering at the University of the Republic (Udelar); Architect Juan Manuel González, research assistant in the School of Architecture at Universidad ORT Uruguay; Prof. Juan Perlas, professor of Strength of Materials 1 in the School of Engineering at Udelar; Matías Cagno, junior consultant in the Department of Forestry Projects at the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU); and Hugo O’Neill, senior consultant in the Department of Forestry Projects at LATU.

- “Influence of Certain Visual Parameters on the Tensile and Parallel Compressive Properties of Pine Wood from Uruguayan Plantations” by Andrea Cardoso, junior consultant in the Forestry Projects Department at the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU); Dr. Laura Moya, professor and researcher at the School of Architecture; and Hugo O’Neill, senior consultant at the Department of Forestry Projects at LATU.

- “Manufacture of a prototype vehicular bridge based on the development of engineered products made from Uruguayan pine wood” by Dr. Vanesa Baño, assistant professor at the Institute of Structures and Transportation of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the Republic (Udelar); Carlos Mazzey, student and teaching assistant at the Institute of Structures and Transportation, Faculty of Engineering, Udelar; Dr. Abel Vega, visiting professor at the Institute of Structures and Transportation, Faculty of Engineering, Udelar; Architect Daniel Godoy, assistant in the Department of Binders, Aggregates, and Concrete at the Udelar School of Engineering; and Dr. Laura Moya, professor and researcher at the School of Architecture.

- “Evaluation of the strength of finger-joint connections using Eucalyptus grandis wood from Uruguay” by Dr. Abel Vega, visiting professor at the Institute of Structures and Transportation, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Republic (Udelar); Dr. Vanesa Baño, assistant professor at the Institute of Structures and Transportation, Faculty of Engineering, Udelar; Architect Carolina Pérez Gomar, research assistant at the Faculty of Architecture, Universidad ORT Uruguay of Universidad ORT Uruguay; Andrea Cardoso, junior consultant at the Department of Forestry Projects, Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU); Architect Daniel Godoy, assistant in the Department of Binders, Aggregates, and Concrete at the Faculty of Engineering, Udelar; Hugo O’Neill, senior consultant in the Department of Forestry Projects at LATU; and Dr. Laura Moya, professor and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, U

The papers were accepted in February 2017.