Long-Term Loading Experimental Research of Prestressed Glulam Beams Based on Creep Influence

Tong Wang (), Jing Di and Hongliang Zuo
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Tong Wang: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Jing Di: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Hongliang Zuo: School of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: In this paper, long-term loading tests of ten prestressed glulam beams were carried out for 45 days, using the loading method of three-point hanging heavy objects. We analyzed the influence of prestressed steel wire numbers and total preloading force on parameters such as failure mode of beams, variation of steel wire stress, and long-term deflection of mid-span. When the total prestress was constant and the number of steel wires was 2, 4, and 6, the total stress of steel wires decreased by 33.07%, 37.26%, and 50.04%, respectively, after long-term testing for 45 days. The ratio of mid-span deflection to total deflection was 61.5%, 54.8%, and 40.9% respectively. When the number of steel wires was constant and the values of total prestress were 0, 3.079 kN and 6.158 kN, the total stress decreased by 28.90%, 36.59%, and 36.63%, respectively, after long-term loading. The ratio of long-term deflection of mid-span to total deflection was 60.7%, 54.8%, and 39.3%, respectively. The more steel wires, the greater the value of total prestress and the loss of total stress, the smaller the mid-span long-term deflection. After the test, we analyzed and fitted the test data to obtain the specific numerical of the creep coefficient θ under normal conditions, and the formula for calculating the long-term stiffness of the glulam beams based on the creep effects is proposed.

Keywords: prestressed glulam beams; long-term loading test; variation of steel wire stress; mid-span long-term deflection; creep coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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