Ductility analysis of laminated timber beams of small section height

Abstract

Ductility analysis of laminated timber beams of small section heightThe purpose of this paper is to analyze and determine the applicability of the models that take into account the ductility of timber elements in bending. Beam elements whose span is many times higher than the height are experimentaly tested. In addition to the tested beam elements, paper presents the mechanical properties of the timber material and the results obtained by finite element method (numerical models). Numerical models are made in the software package Abaqus. Analiza duktilnosti lameliranih drvenih nosača male visineSvrha je rada analizirati odnosno utvrditi primjenjivost modela koji uzimaju u obzir duktilnost drvenih elemenata pri savijanju. Ispitani su i prikazani gredni elementi male visine, dakle elementi kod kojih je raspon višestruko veći od visine. Osim ispitivanja grednih elemenata, dani su rezultati ispitivanja mehaničkih karakteristika osnovnog materijala i prikazana su ispitivanja provedena metodom konačnih elemenata (numerički modeli). Numerički modeli napravljeni su u programskom paketu Abaqus.