Review article

https://doi.org/10.31522/p.27.1(57).10

Designing the Glulam (Glued Laminated) Timber Beam Girders

Miljenko Haiman orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-1356 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This paper presents the analyses of 6 different models of glulam (glued laminated) timber girders whose dimensions are determined for the same maximal stresses on a 24-metre span. The goal is to determine a complex area of stresses that occur in the timber girders depending on their form. The form considerably affects the stresses in the girders. The analyses therefore highlight the importance of an appropriate design. Another goal of this research is to minimize the quantity of the materials needed to control a particular span resulting in a cheaper structure.

Keywords

glulam timber girders; beam girders; numerical analysis; optimal design; tensile stress perpendicular to the fibres

Hrčak ID:

221659

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/221659

Publication date:

28.6.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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