| Abstrak/Abstract |
Abstract:
Many real-scale fire tests have been performed on timber connections to analyze the
mechanical behavior of timber connections in previous years. However, little research focused on the
bending performance of glued laminated (glulam) timber beam bolted connections after fire exposure.
In this paper, the three-dimensional numerical model of the glulam timber beam bolted connections
was developed and validated by experimental results. The model can simulate temperature evolution
in the connections and their mechanical behavior. In the real-scale test, three (3) samples were
prepared for a four-point bending test at normal temperature, while another three (3) samples were
tested after exposure to a 30-min standard fire and cooled down to normal temperature. The results
show the reduction of the load-carrying capacity before and after exposure to the standard fire by
23.9 kN (71.8%), 8.3 kN (26.1%), and 20.2 kN (47.6%) for bolt diameters of 12 mm, 16 mm, and 20 mm,
respectively. The numerical model aims to conduct a parametric study and propose the modification
of the exponential decay constant, k, for tropical glulam timber to predict the load-carrying capacity
of the glulam timber beam bolted connections after exposure to standard fire. |
