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Load-carrying capacity and failure modes of glulam beams with reinforced notches

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The structural behaviour and failure mechanisms of unreinforced and reinforced notched glulam beams were studied in a test series. It could be shown that shear failure of the reinforced notched beam is an important failure mechanism and that adequate reinforcement in tension perpendicular to grain and shear is required in order to regain the load-carrying capacity of the reduced cross-section of the glulam beam.

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The support of this project by COST Action FP 1004 is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Structural Engineering Research Laboratory, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Robert Jockwer & René Steiger

  2. Institute of Structural Engineering, ETH Zurich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    Andrea Frangi

  3. Division of Structural Mechanics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden

    Erik Serrano

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Jockwer, R., Steiger, R., Frangi, A. et al. Load-carrying capacity and failure modes of glulam beams with reinforced notches. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 74, 481–482 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-015-0959-0

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