Study on the strength of glued laminated timber beams with round holes: difference in structural performance between homogeneous-grade and heterogeneous-grade timber

Abstract Various design codes and design proposals have been proposed for glued laminated timber beams with round holes, assuming that the entire beam is composed of homogeneous-grade timber. However, in Japan, glued laminated timber composed of homogeneous-grade timber is rarely used for beams. In...

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Main Authors: Shigefumi Okamoto, Nobuhiko Akiyama, Yasuhiro Araki, Kenji Aoki, Masahiro Inayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Wood Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-021-01941-3