Experimental Analysis of Pretensioned CLT-Glulam T-Section Beams

Table 8

Displacement at the midpoint of the span for two point loads of 14 kN applied at one-third and two-thirds of the span.

Type	Pretensioning force (kN)	Displacement experimental test (mm)	Modulus of elasticity (MPa)			Displacement FEM (mm)
			Em	Ec,0	Et.0	With global modulus of elasticity Em	With bimodulus Ec,0 and Et,0
F1/PIC	—	58.18	10,875	10,326	11,470	58.98	58.95
F2/PIC	—	—	10,875	10,326	11,470	63.56	63.51
	114.32	64.91 (18.00 + 46.91)	10,875	10,326	11,470	63.48 (17.27 + 46.21)	65.64 (18.26 + 47.38)
F1/OAK	—	54.54	11,910	12,267	11,570	55.25	54.81
F2/OAK	—	—	10,090	10,390	9800	66.47	65.25
	109.72	63.15 (18.00 + 45.15)	10,090	10,390	9800	64.77 (17.22 + 47.55)	63.67 (17.38 + 46.29)