Modelling of Glulam beams pre-stressed by compressed wood

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• 作者：B. Anshari^a ; Z.W. Guan^b ; ^c ; ^{zguan@liverpool.ac.uk} ; Q.Y. Wang^c
• 关键词：Moisture-dependent swelling ; Glulam beam ; Compressed wood ; Finite element ; Pre-stressing ; Visco-plasticity
• 刊名：Composite Structures
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：165
• 期：Complete
• 页码：160-170
• 全文大小：3140 K
• 卷排序：165

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Finite element models were, in the first time, developed to simulate the pre-stressing behaviour of Glulam beams with insertion of compressed wood blocks, which were further used to simulate the structural behaviour of the pre-stressed beams subjected to subsequent destructive bending. Here, both the Glulam and compressed wood were modelled as orthotropic elasto-viscoplastic materials. The moisture-dependent, including spring back, swelling of the compressed wood block and the creep of the Glulam were considered in the modelling. The models developed were validated against the corresponding experimental results, with reasonably good correlation in terms of the free swelling, the precamber, initial stress state of the Glulam beams reinforced and load-deflection relationships. With validated models, further studies were then undertaken to investigate effects of the thickness, depth and spacing of compressed wood blocks on the precamber, initial bending stiffness and ultimate load carrying capacity of the beams pre-stressed. The results indicate that there are significant enhancements on the precamber (up to 1/288 of the deflection/span ratio), the initial bending stiffness (up to 23.8%) and the ultimate load carrying capacity (up to 10.4%).