The author demonstrates that the further development of wooden structures depends on both supplementing the testing of wood as a heterogeneous material, as well as on further improvement of fibrous structures with visco-elastic properties.
Introduction.- Selected elements of the dome building history.- Multi-shell domes.- Thick-wall domes.- Ribbed domes.- Shell domes.- Gridshell, ribbed-shell domes.- Selected examples of domes from glued laminated timber.- Issues of the load capacity and stability of compressed wood bars.- Effect of time on the mechanical properties of wood.- Testing wooden elements for the building of domes.- Assessment of the properties of wood-derived materials on the basis of the measurement of free vibration parameters.
