Glued timber-concrete beams – analytical and numerical models for assessment of composite action

Authors

  • Leo Škec
  • Adriana Bjelanović University of Rijeka Faculty of Civil Engineering Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka
  • Gordan Jelenić University of Rijeka Faculty of Civil Engineering Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka

Keywords:

glued timber-concrete beams, composite action, EN design procedure, finite-element modelling, analytical solution

Abstract

An analysis of glued composite timber-concrete systems is presented. Experimental data obtained from laboratory tests under short-term loading are compared with the analytical calculation and the design procedure for fully composite beams given in the EN 1995-1-1 standard. Numerical linear 2D finite element modelling and an analytical solution assuming linear elastic behaviour of glue and the interlayer slip are also conducted and validated. The effect of composite action in the three mentioned approaches is assessed by comparison of midspan deflections. In this way, a parametric study of the glue-line properties and the interlayer slip stiffness on load-carrying capacity and serviceability of glued composite beams exposed to short-time loading is easily performed.

Author Biographies

Leo Škec

Adriana Bjelanović, University of Rijeka Faculty of Civil Engineering Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka

Gordan Jelenić, University of Rijeka Faculty of Civil Engineering Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka

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Published

2013-01-23

Issue

Engineering Review, Vol. 33, No. 1

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