Paper No. ST/2003/023878 “Long-Term Behavior of Timber-Concrete
Composite Beams. II: Numerical Analysis and Simplified Evaluation” by
Massimo Fragiacomo
List of corrections
1) Page 1, footnote: Change the affiliation of the author as follows:
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch 8020, New Zealand. E-mail: massimo.fragiacomo@canterbury.ac.nz
2) Page 1, right column, 1st paragraph, 4th line: change “(1993ab)” into “(1993a,b)”.
3) Page 1, right column, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line: change “2005” into “2006”.
4) Page 1, right column, 2nd paragraph, 7th line: add “(Fragiacomo 2005)” after “fully
considered”.
5) Page 1, right column, 3rd paragraph, 8th line: remove the comma between “timber”
and “and connection”.
6) Page 2, Table 1:
- remove “(Flor.)” from the caption;
- change “(Flor.)” into “Florence” on the first line of the table;
- change “Young” into “Young’s” on the left column;
- add “creep” between “Mechanosorptive” and “of timber”;
- add “creep” between “Mechanosorptive” and “of connection”;
7) Page 3, left column, 2nd paragraph, 5th line: change “2005” into “2006”.
8) Page 3, right column, 1st paragraph, 5th line: change “2005” into “2006”.
9) Page 3, right column, par. “Load and concrete shrinkage”, last line: change
“Hydro-viscoelastic” into “Hydroviscoelastic”.
10) Page 3, Fig. 2, caption: move “(a)” between “Trend in time of” and “Midspan
deflection”.
11) Page 4, left column, 1st paragraph, 7th line: change “ s f ms ” into “ s f ms ”.
12) Page 4, left column, 1st paragraph, 8th line: change “  w ms ” into “  w ms ”.
13) Page 4, Table 3:
- change “ vel  0.88 ” into “ vel  0.88 ” on the 1st title line, just below “Florence
beam”;
- change “Shrink.” into “Shrinkage” on the 3rd title line;
- change “(g)” into “(Curve g)” in the 1st line of the left column;
- change “(f)” into “(Curve f-Curve g)” in the 2nd line of the left column;
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- change “(e)” into “(Curve e-Curve f)” in the 3rd line of the left column;
- change “(d)” into “(Curve d-Curve e)” in the 4th line of the left column;
- change “(c)” into “(Curve c-Curve d)” in the 5th line of the left column;
- change “mechanosorptive” into “mechanosorption” and “(b)” into “(Curve b-Curve
c)” in the 6th line of the left column;
- change “mechanosorptive” into “mechanosorption” and “(a)” into “(Curve a-Curve
b)” in the 7th line of the left column;
- add “(Curve a)” in the 8th line of the left column, after “Total”.
14) Page 5, left column, 2nd bullet point, 1st line: remove the comma between “creep”
and “and mechanosorptive”.
15) Page 5, left column, par. “Inelastic strains due to environmental variations”, 2nd
line: change “2005” into “2006”.
16) Page 5, left column, par. “Inelastic strains due to environmental variations”, 16th
line: change “such a” into “the Florence”.
17) Page 5, right column, 1st paragraph, 9th line: change “medium temperature
differences” into “an average daily excursion of temperature”.
18) Page 5, right column, par. “Superposition”, 5th line: change “hardening” in
“curing”.
19) Page 5, right column, par. “Superposition”, 9th line: change “hardening” in
“curing”.
20) Page 5, right column, par. “Superposition”, 11th line: remove “(hardened)”.
21) Page 6, Fig. 4, caption: move “(a)” between “in terms of” and “midspan
deflection”.
22) Page 6, left column, 1st paragraph, 1st line: change “hardening” in “curing”.
23) Page 6, right column, par. “Simplified evaluation”, 6th line: remove “and
Ceccotti”.
24) Page 7, left column, 2nd paragraph, 3rd line: change “hardening” in “curing”.
25) Page 7, right column, 1st paragraph, 8th line: change “hardening” in “curing”.
26) Page 7, right column, 1st paragraph, 11th line: change “medium” in “average”.
27) Page 7, right column, 3rd paragraph, 13th line: indent “(1) The Toratti model
(1992)”.
28) Page 8, Fig. 6, caption: move “(a)” between “in terms of” and “midspan
deflection”.
29) Page 7, left column, 1st paragraph, 2nd line: change “2005” into “2006”.
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30) Page 8, left column, par. “Comparison with numerical solutions”, 1st paragraph,
11th line: change “2005” into “2006”.
31) Page 8, right column, 1st paragraph, 3rd line: change “described in” into
“represented by”.
32) Page 8, right column, 1st paragraph, 4th line: change “one” into “solution”, and
“medium” into “average”.
33) Page 9, left column, par. “Simplification for indoor structures and worked out
example”, 5th line: change “ Tyearly  4C ” into “ Tdaily  4C ”.
34) Page 9, right column, par. “Conclusions”, 1st sentence: rewrite the sentence: “This
second part of the two companion papers investigates the importance of different
rheological phenomena, such as creep of concrete, creep, and mechano-sorptive creep
of timber and connection, and the influence of inelastic strains produced by concrete
shrinkage and shrinkage/swelling due to thermohygrometric environmental variations,
on the behavior of timber-concrete composite beams (TCCs) in outdoor conditions.”
as follows:
“This second part of the two companion papers investigates the importance of
different rheological phenomena, such as creep of concrete, creep and mechanosorptive creep of timber and connection, on the behavior of timber-concrete
composite beams (TCCs) in outdoor conditions. The influence of inelastic strains
produced by concrete shrinkage and shrinkage/swelling due to thermohygrometric
environmental variations is also explored.”
35) Page 10, left column, Appendix, 2nd line: change “simple” in “simply”.
36) Page 10, right column, 1st paragraph, 8th line: change “inertia moment” in “2nd
moment of area”.
37) Page 11, left column: add the following reference:
Fragiacomo, M. (2005). “A finite element model for long-term analysis of timberconcrete composite beams.” Structural Engineering & Mechanics, 20(2), 173-189.
38) Page 11, left column, reference “Fragiacomo, M., and Ceccotti, A.”: change
“(2005)” into “(2006)”.
39) Page 11, left column, reference “Fragiacomo, M., and Ceccotti, A.”: insert the
number of pages at the end.
40) Page 11, right column, reference “Möhler, K.”: change “Über das Tragverhalten
von Biegerträgern und Druckstäben mit zusammengestezten Querschnitten und
nachgiebigen Verbindungsmitteln.” Habilitation, Technische Universität Karlsruhe,”
into “On the load carrying behavior of beams and columns of compound sections with
flexible connections.” Habilitation, Technical University of Karlsruhe,”.
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