- Author
- Hansen, F. T. | Olesen, B.
- Title
- Full-Scale Tests on Loaded Glulam Beams Exposed to Natural Fires.
- Coporate
- Aalborg Univ., Sweden
- Keywords
- beams | timber | large scale fire tests | laminates | exposure | charring
- Identifiers
- fire design; glulam structures; glued laminated structures
- Abstract
- The following contains a brief report of a number of theoretical and experimental investigations performed at the Department of Building Technology and Structural Engineering at the University of Aalborg. The investigations were performed in 1987 and 1988 for the purpose of setting up and testing applicable methods for a differentiated fire design of glued laminated structures (glulam structures). In the Laboratory of Fire Engineering at the Department a number of full-scale tests were performed to investigate the performance of loaded glulam beams during fire exposure, and their correspondence with the models set up for charring of timber, taking account of the reduced strength and stiffness proeprties of timber at elevated temperatures.