Comparison of measured creep in a wooden beam with finite element predictions based on orthotropic viscoelastic material model

Bengtsson, Rhodel (author): Uppsala universitet,Tillämpad mekanik,Uppsala University

Mousavi, Mahmoud (author)

Van Blokland, Joran (author): Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU

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Abstract Subject headings

Creep is of concern for long-term deformations of wooden structures. Since wood is anisotropic and creeps in several material directions, it may not be sufficient to include only axial creep along the grain even for deformations in beam-like components. A bottle-neck is that creep characterisation in all material directions is both costly and complicated. Multiscale modelling from cell-wall creep including the main contributing features (density, ray content, microfibrillar angle) can contribute to fill to complete material models for wood creep. In the present study, we have chosen a four-point bending test of a Norway spruce beam to represent a loaded wooden component in a structure. Digital image correlation was used to gather data on strain and displacement fields during the creep test. The experimental results were compared with finite element predictions based on a 3D orthotropic viscoelastic model obtained by multiscale homogenisation. There was generally good agreement in the strain fields between the finite element simulations and experimental observations. However, the numerical predictions exhibits slightly greater stiffness in terms of displacement, suggesting the need for further refinement of the multiscale model or a combination of materials creep charactrisation and multiscale modelling.

By the author/editor: Bengtsson, Rhode ...; Florisson, Sara; Afshar, Reza; Mousavi, Mahmoud; Van Blokland, Jo ...; Gamstedt, Kristo ...

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ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY: ENGINEERING AND ...; and Materials Engine ...; and Composite Scienc ...

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