A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber
Highlights Probabilistic approach for modelling glued laminated timber. Validated with 24 GLT beams having well-known local material properties. Influence of beam dimensions, grading criteria, and fabrication criteria.
Abstract In this paper, a probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber is presented. The specific characteristic of this approach is that, at first, timber boards are simulated according the natural growth characteristic of timber. Subsequent, glued laminated timber beams are virtually composed out of the simulated timber boards. Thereby, every kind of fabrication procedure, such as the length of the timber boards or the beam dimensions, can be recreated. Afterwards, a numerical model is used to estimate the load-bearing capacity, the bending stiffness and the type of failure of the simulated GLT beams. To ensure the quality of the numerical model it is validated with 24 GLT beams with a precisely-known beam setup; a wide agreement between the measured and the estimated material properties is identified. For a probabilistic investigation of different input parameters a Monte Carlo simulation is performed. The application of the presented approach is illustrated on selected examples (size effect, the quality of finger joint connections and grading criteria).
Probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber
Highlights Probabilistic approach for modelling glued laminated timber. Validated with 24 GLT beams having well-known local material properties. Influence of beam dimensions, grading criteria, and fabrication criteria.
Abstract In this paper, a probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber is presented. The specific characteristic of this approach is that, at first, timber boards are simulated according the natural growth characteristic of timber. Subsequent, glued laminated timber beams are virtually composed out of the simulated timber boards. Thereby, every kind of fabrication procedure, such as the length of the timber boards or the beam dimensions, can be recreated. Afterwards, a numerical model is used to estimate the load-bearing capacity, the bending stiffness and the type of failure of the simulated GLT beams. To ensure the quality of the numerical model it is validated with 24 GLT beams with a precisely-known beam setup; a wide agreement between the measured and the estimated material properties is identified. For a probabilistic investigation of different input parameters a Monte Carlo simulation is performed. The application of the presented approach is illustrated on selected examples (size effect, the quality of finger joint connections and grading criteria).
Probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber
Fink, Gerhard (author) / Frangi, Andrea (author) / Kohler, Jochen (author)
Engineering Structures ; 100 ; 751-762
2015-06-08
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Probabilistic approach for modelling the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber
| Online Contents | 2015
Assessment of the load bearing capacity of defectively glued laminated timber
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1964
Influence of varying material properties on the load-bearing capacity of glued laminated timber
| UB Braunschweig | 2014