CALCULATION OF BENDING ELEMENTS OF WOOD AFTER THE ACTION OF LOW-CYCLE REPEATED LOADS ON THE CRITERION OF DEFORMATION DESTRUCTION

Abstract

Existing norms of design for wooden constructions valid in different countries including Ukraine entirely disregard the effect of low-cycle repeated loadings during the operation of buildings and structures. The article deals with development of the bearing capacity computation of the bending elements manufactured from solid and glue-laminated wood exposed to repeated loadings in accordance with the deformation model.

Equilibrium equations for computing the bending element made of wood after being exposed to repeated loadings are presented in the article. The deformation method is proposed for the computation of the rectangular wooden beams manufactured from solid and glued laminated wood with allowance for the occurrence of folds in the compression zone.

The results of the research allow designing the solid and glue-laminated wooden constructions taking into consideration the possibilities of the material and peculiar features of the performance of the element, which in turn will allow choosing the cross-section of the elements of building structures more economically.

On the basis of the study of the process of layer deformation by section height and the determination of the characteristics of the stress-strain state of these layers under the effect of repeated loading, it is possible to fulfill more accurate computation of the elements manufactured from wood at different stages of the stress-strain state through destruction.