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Glulam beams adhesively bonded by birch plywood plates in moment-resisting beam-to-beam connections
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
PE Teknik & Arkitektur AB, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
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2024 (English)In: Engineering structures, ISSN 0141-0296, E-ISSN 1873-7323, Vol. 302, article id 117471Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The design of timber connections is of vital importance in timber structures. Bonded connections exhibit the advantages of lower cost, higher load-bearing capacity, and higher stiffness compared to conventional mechanical connections. However, the potential of the bonded connections has yet to be fully exploited, not only due to their sensitivity to the adhesive types and process-related parameters but also due to the lack of studies regarding the structural performance of the bonded connection in various loading conditions. In this paper, birch plywood plates were utilized to adhesively connect two glulam beam halves to create a longer span. Plywood made of birch was chosen because birch is highly resourced on the Eurasian continent, with its mechanical properties better than most softwoods. Specifically, glulam beams were connected by birch plywood plates at mid-span and then loaded in four-point bending. Four test series with two different bonding areas and birch plywood face grain orientations were carried out. The bonded region was designed as the weakest part to investigate the failure modes, moment capacity, bending stiffness, and moment-rotation angle relationships. Furthermore, numerical models were developed to predict the structural behaviors in the linear elastic stage, while analytical models were proposed and subsequently modified to predict the moment-carrying capacities. Both numerical and analytical models displayed satisfactory agreement with the test results.

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Elsevier Ltd , 2024. Vol. 302, article id 117471
Keywords [en]
Bending stiffness, Birch plywood, Bond shear strength, Bonded joints, Moment capacity, Timber connections, Wood failure, Adhesive joints, Adhesives, Ductile fracture, Plates (structural components), Plywood, Stiffness, Timber, Adhesively bonded, Bonded joint, Glulam beams, Shears strength, bearing capacity, bending, loading, shear strength, structural component, wood, Analytical models
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Materials Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-71920DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117471Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85182021874OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-71920DiVA, id: diva2:1839807
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Vinnova, 2017–02712The Kamprad Family Foundation, 20200013Vinnova, 2021–03681Swedish Energy AgencySwedish Research Council Formas
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The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge Vinnova project 2017–02712 “Bärande utomhusträ” within the BioInnovation program as well as the Kamprad Family Foundation (reference number: 20200013) and from Produktion2030, a strategic innovation program supported by Vinnova [reference number: 2021–03681], Swedish Energy Agency and Formas. China Scholarship Council and Svenskt Trä are thanked for the financial support. Moelven is thanked for supplying the glulam materials. Koskisen is acknowledged for supplying birch plywood panels.

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