Structural engineering 1 Assignment: Timber tests

November 2011

Burak Erkan Cristian Garabetian Leevi Valkoniemi Stefan Manea Yohannes Molla

Assignment: Timber tests

Assignment A: Elastic modulus and resistance of a timber beam under bending We chose to calculate the elastic modulus at 50% of the ultimate load. In our case that is 1.2512 kN and the deflection 10.534 mm. Thus we found that E = 7361 N/mm^2, which is equal to 7.361 Gigapascals.

Elastic modulus and resistance of a timber beam under bending. Timber strength class - C24.

Assignment: Timber tests

Assignment A: Elastic modulus and resistance of a timber beam under bending

Load vs Displacement Beam Bending

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Assignment: Timber tests

Assignment A: Elastic modulus and resistance of a timber beam under bending

Comparing the values to table values, we found that our C24 in practice seemed to be C14. (E0,mean = 7Gpa ; fmk=14 Mpa) What may cause the differences in test and table values? Density changes Defects vary (eg. Knotty timber) Moisture content and temperature changes - Defects in Strength and stiffness - Swelling Duration of loading varies

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Assignment B: Nails strength connection

The specimen was hammered with 6 nails on both sides of the connection. The distances from the edges and from the other nails were placed according to the regulations.

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Assignment B: Nails strength connection

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Assignment B: Nails strength connection THE PRESENTED SPECIMEN HAS ALREADY LOST THE CAPACITY OF THE CONNECTION.

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Assignment B: Nails strength connection

Load vs Displacement
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Assignment C: Compression perpendicular to grain

The experiment consists in determinate a value of compression perpendicular to grain for timber trusses.
type of wood tested was C24.

The tested specimen dimensions of: b (breadth) = 50mm; h (height) = 173mm, L (length) = 26,2mm.

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Assignment C: Compression perpendicular to grain

After the test, maximum load acting on the specimen was 60 kN, with a displacement of 22mm indicated by the tester. The displacement starts after the load was bigger than 1,3kN. A normal straightness for perpendicular compression in case of C24 timber truss should be fc,90,k=2,5 MPa (2,5 N/mm2).

After the results from tester and personal calculation, the straightness was around 10 N/mm2 much bigger because the specimen was still under bigger load to provide enough displacement in order to by noticed.

Load vs Displacement Bearing Test

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Thank you for your time and your attention -Group 4-