SEMINAR

ON
STRENGTH ANALYSIS OF
GLULAM TIMBER

PRESENTED BY: ABC (070/BIE/110)

 Objectives 2

General Objective:

• To analyze and compare the strength of various Glulam Timbers

Specific Objective:
• To compare the strength of softwood glulam, hardwood glulam and
hybrid glulam
• Analysis of stiffness and bending capacity
• Study the methods for increasing stiffness
• Study the methods for increasing bending capacity

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 Introduction to Engineered Wood Products 3
Composite wood manufactured by binding of various elements
Designed to meet application-specific performance requirements

Types of Engineered Wood Products

 Strand Based  Fiber Based

Orient strand board (OSB) Wood Plastic Composite (WPC)
Parallel strand lumber (PSL) Fiber Cement Board
 Veneer Based  Particle Based
Plywood Particle Board
Laminated veneer Lumber (LVL MDF & HDF
 Lumber Based
Glued Laminated Timbers (GLULAM)
Edge Glued Timbers (EGT)
Cross Laminated Timbers (CLT)

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 Glue Laminated Timber (GLULAM) 4
 Small strips of wood are glued together to form a larger and thicker
element
 More stable and high bearing capacity

Various GLULAM Products

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Test Specimen Preparation
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GLULAM Timber varied compositions

Specifications for various composition

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 Tests and Experiments
Dynamic modulus of elasticity of single boards 6
Mean value of density for spruce was 453.7 kg/m3 and for the oak
710.7 kg/m3
Edyn for oak was 13490 N/mm2 and for spruce was 12790 N/mm2

Density Vs Edyn for spruce and oak

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 Tests and Experiments (Contd.)
Four Point Bending Tests 7

4-Point bending test setup

Optical Deformation Measurement (Aramis)

Optical deformation test setup

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Tests and Experiments (Contd.)
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Failure in Beams

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Results and Analysis
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Time Vs Displacement

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Results and Analysis (Contd.)
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Box plot - Bending strength from test results

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Results and Analysis (Contd.)
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MoE for Combined Beams

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Results and Analysis (Contd.)
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Bending Capacity for Combined Beams

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 Results and Analysis (Contd.)
Analysis of Stiffness 13

Analysis of MoE Global

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 Results and Analysis (Contd.)
Analysis of Bending Capacity 14

Analysis of Bending Capacity

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 Method of Improvement
Increasing Stiffness By Finger-Joining 15

Finger Joined Wood Timber

Test results of Finger joined timber

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Conclusion 16

 Hybrid GLULAM Timber with 30% Hardwood by volume was

found to have highest bending capacity
 GLULAM with 30% hardwood had lesser stiffness that 100%
hardwood
 Stiffness can be increased by the use of finger joints,
eliminating natural variability, increased control during
seasoning, etc.
 Use of Lipping lumber of veneer layer on sides could increase
the bending capacity

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THANK-YOU

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