Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6480230 | Construction and Building Materials | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to study the flexural behaviour of Populus Ã euroamericana I-214 low-grade glulam timber beams, internally reinforced with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP). To this end, 30 unreinforced beams and 60 reinforced beams, with two ratios of GRFP reinforcement, were produced and tested. Results show an improvement in the flexural behaviour of reinforced beams, with noticeable increases in stiffness (MOE) and ultimate moment capacity (MOR). By using relatively low reinforcement ratios (1.07%, 1.6%) in the tension zone, we have measured an average improvement of 12.1% and 14.7% in stiffness, and an increase up to 23% in moment capacity. GFRP reinforced seems to reduce the influence of timber heterogeneity and singularities (knots, cracks â¦), which translates into less scattered results and better characteristic values.
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Authors
L.A. Basterra, J.A. Balmori, L. Morillas, L. Acuña, M. Casado,