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Cross-laminated timber is widely used for load-bearing walls and panels of multi-storey timber buildings as well as for decking structure of pedestrian and road bridges. Design procedure for elements from cross-laminated timber was considered and validated by the experiment and FEM. The design procedure is based on the transformed section method. Eight cross-laminated timber panels with span equal to 1.8 m were experimentally checked under the action of static load. The difference between the experimentally and analytically obtained results is within the limits from 3.3 up to 20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design methods of cross-laminated timber elements subjected to bending is considered. The methods are based on LVS EN 1995–1–1. The presented methods were checked by the experiment and analytically. Two cross-laminated timber plates with the total thickness of 95 mm were tested under action of static load. The considered cross-laminated timber plates were analysed by FEM method, which is based on the using of computational program ANSYSv14. The comparison of stresses acting in the edge fibres of the plate and the maximum vertical displacements shows that the considered methods can be used for engineering calculations so as the difference between the experimentally and analytically obtained results does not exceed 20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Combined stayed roof with the span equal to 60 m is considered as an object of investigation. The roofs framework is formed by two groups of structural members, which are placed in longitudinal and transversal directions. The frames, which are formed by the trusses and columns, are placed in transversal direction. Structural steel S355 is considered as a materials of all rigid members – pylons, columns and girders. Three variants of materials for suspenders were considered. The dependences of materials consumption and main geometrical parameters of combined stayed roof were obtained for three above mentioned variants of suspender materials were obtained on the base of numerical experiment. The numerical experiment was carried out by the program LYRA 9.4. It was stated, that the rational values of suspenders amount, transversal frames bay and height of pylon are equal to 8, 6 m and 18 m, correspondingly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design methods of cross-laminated timber elements subjected to bending is considered. The methods are based on LVS EN 1995-1-1. The presented methods were checked by the experiment and analytically. Two cross-laminated timber plates with the total thickness of 95 mm were tested under action of static load. The considered cross-laminated timber plates were analysed by FEM method, which is based on the using of computational program ANSYSv14. The comparison of stresses acting in the edge fibres of the plate and the maximum vertical displacements shows that the considered methods can be used for engineering calculations so as the difference between the experimentally and analytically obtained results does not exceed 20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]