Serviceability and ultimate performance of long span timber floor modules

Zhinus Zabihi, Bijan Samali, Rijun Shrestha, Christophe Gerber, Keith Crews

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Abstract

![CDATA[The advent of engineered wood products (EWP’s) such as LVL and glulam as well as a new generation of adhesives has provided the means to fabricate large section, long spanning structural members with similar structural properties to that of steel or concrete, which have attracted a great deal of renewed interest in long-span timber constructions. This paper presents the results of the tests conducted on LVL timber floor modules, with overall lengths of 6.3 m and 8.4 m (6m and 8m clear span, respectively), under serviceability load, as well as the results of 3 destructive tests conducted on 8m clear span LVL timber modules. All serviceability and destructive tests were conducted under four point bending load, and the performance of these long span “timber only” floor modules are investigated for serviceability and ultimate limit states. The linear characteristics of the modules, the composite behaviour of the section as well as the failure modes of the system are assessed and discussed in this paper.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the World Conference on Timber Engineering 2012 (WCTE 2012), Auckland, New Zealand, 15-19 July, 2012
PublisherNew Zealand Timber Design Society
Pages378-385
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781622763054
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventWorld Conference on Timber Engineering -
Duration: 1 Jan 2012 → …

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Timber Engineering
Period1/01/12 → …

Keywords

  • floors, wooden
  • maintainability (engineering)

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