Journal
COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES
Volume 83, Issue 28-30, Pages 2476-2487Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2005.03.021
Keywords
reinforced glulam; pre-stressed; GRP; timber beam; finite element; pre-camber; bonding; parametric study
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Improvement of the load carrying capacity of glulam beams by the addition of reinforcement is now common practice. Recently it has been demonstrated that pre-stressing of beams using pultruded glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) tendons provides an available alternative due to the compatibility of the two materials and the low losses of pre-stress. This paper describes a finite element based model which was validated against test results and then used to investigate bond stress between a pre-stressed GRP tendon and the adjacent timber. Parametric studies were also undertaken to evaluate the effects of tendon thickness, beam span and the pre-tension force on the structural behaviour of beams. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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