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TIMBER MEMBER DESIGN (EN1995-1-1:2004)

In accordance w ith EN1995-1-1:2004 + A2:2014 incorporating corrigendum June 2006 and the recommended
values
Tedds calculation version 2.2.15

Design section 1
Partial factor for material properties and resistances
Partial factor for material properties - Table 2.3;  M = 1.300

Member details
Load duration - cl.[Link]; Permanent
Service class - cl.[Link]; 3
Timber section details
Number of timber sections in member; N=1
Breadth of sections; b = 100 mm
Depth of sections; h = 300 mm
Timber strength class - EN 338:2016 Table 3; D60
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100x300 timber section

Cross-sectional area, A, 30000 mm2
Section modulus, Wy, 1500000 mm3
Section modulus, Wz, 500000 mm3
Second moment of area, Iy, 225000000 mm4
Second moment of area, Iz, 25000000 mm4
Radius of gyration, iy, 86.6 mm
Radius of gyration, iz, 28.9 mm
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Timber strength class D60

Characteristic bending strength, fm.k, 60 N/mm2
Characteristic shear strength, fv.k, 4.8 N/mm2
Characteristic compression strength parallel to grain, fc.0.k, 33 N/mm2
Characteristic compression strength perpendicular to grain, c.90.k
f , 10.5 N/mm2
Characteristic tension strength parallel to grain, ft.0.k, 36 N/mm2
Mean modulus of elasticity, [Link] , 17000 N/mm2
Fifth percentile modulus of elasticity, E0.05 , 14300 N/mm2
Shear modulus of elasticity, Gmean, 1060 N/mm2
Characteristic density, r k, 700 kg/m3
Mean density, rmean, 840 kg/m3

Span details
Unbraced length - Major axis; L y = 2300 mm
Effective length - Major axis; L e,y = L y = 2300 mm
Unbraced length - Minor axis; L z = 2300 mm
Effective length - Minor axis; L e,z = L z = 2300 mm
Bearing length; L b = 100 mm
Analysis results
Design bending moment - Major axis; M y,d = 2.62 kNm
Design bending moment - Minor axis; M z,d = 1.367 kNm
Design shear force - Major axis; F y,d = 4.55 kN
Design shear force - Minor axis; F z,d = 1.01 kN
Design axial compression force; P d = 4.869 kN

Section s1 results summary Unit Capacity Maximum Utilisation Result

Compressive stress N/mm 2 12.7 0.2 0.013 PASS
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Bending stress N/mm 2 25.0 2.7 0.162 PASS

Shear stress N/mm 2 1.8 0.1 0.188 PASS
Bending and axial force 0.162 PASS
Column stability check 0.186 PASS
Beam stability check 0.030 PASS

Modification factors
Duration of load and moisture content - Table 3.1; k mod = 0.5
Deformation factor - Table 3.2; k def = 2
Depth factor for bending - Minor axis - exp.3.1; k h,m,z = min((150 mm / b) 0.2 , 1.3) = 1.084
Bending stress re-distribution factor - cl.6.1.6(2); k m = 0.7
Crack factor for shear resistance - cl.6.1.7(2); k cr = 0.67
Check compression parallel to the grain - cl.6.1.4
Design axial compression; P d = 4.869 kN
Design compressive stress;  c,0,d = P d / A = 0.162 N/mm 2
Design compressive strength; fc,0,d = k mod  fc.0.k /  M = 12.692 N/mm 2
 c,0,d / fc,0,d = 0.013
PASS - Design parallel compression strength exceeds design parallel compression stress
Check shear force - Section 6.1.7
Design shear force - major axis; F y,d = 4.55 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60;  y,d = 1.5  F y,d / (k cr  b  h) = 0.340 N/mm 2
Design shear strength; fv,y,d = k mod  fv.k /  M = 1.846 N/mm 2
 y,d / f v,y,d = 0.184
Design shear force - minor axis; F z,d = 1.01 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60;  z,d = 1.5  F z,d / (k cr  b  h) = 0.075 N/mm 2
Design shear strength; fv,z,d = k mod  fv.k /  M = 1.846 N/mm 2
 z,d / f v,z,d = 0.041
Combined shear checks; (( y,d / fv,y,d) 2 + ( z,d / f v,z,d )2 ) = 0.188
PASS - Design shear strength exceeds design shear stress
Check bending moment - Section 6.1.6
Design bending moment in major axis; M y,d = 2.62 kNm
Design bending stress in major axis;  m,y,d = M y,d / W y = 1.747 N/mm 2
Design bending strength in major axis; fm,y,d = k mod  f m.k /  M = 23.077 N/mm 2
 m,y,d / f m,y,d = 0.076
Design bending moment in minor axis; M z,d = 1.367 kNm
Design bending stress in minor axis;  m,z,d = M z,d / W z = 2.734 N/mm 2
Design bending strength in minor axis; fm,z,d = k h,m,z  k mod  fm.k /  M = 25.026 N/mm 2
 m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.109
Combined bending checks - eq.6.11 & eq.6.12;  m,y,d / f m,y,d + k m   m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.152
k m   m,y,d / fm,y,d +  m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.162
PASS - Design bending strength exceeds design bending stress
Check combined bending and axial compression - Section 6.2.4
Combined loading checks - exp.6.19 & 6.20; ( c,0,d / f c,0,d ) 2 +  m,y,d / f m,y,d + k m   m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.152
( c,0,d / f c,0,d ) 2 + k m   m,y,d / fm,y,d +  m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.162
PASS - Combined bending and axial compression utilisation is acceptable
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Check columns subjected to either compression or combined compression and bending - cl.6.3.2
Effective length for y-axis bending; L e,y = 2300 mm
Slenderness ratio;  y = L e,y / iy = 26.558
Relative slenderness ratio - exp. 6.21;  rel,y =  y /   (fc.0.k / E 0.05 ) = 0.406
Effective length for z-axis bending; L e,z = 2300 mm
Slenderness ratio;  z = L e,z / iz = 79.674
Relative slenderness ratio - exp. 6.22;  rel,z =  z /   (f c.0.k / E 0.05 ) = 1.218
Both  rel,y > 0.3 and  rel,z > 0.3, column stability check is required
Straightness factor;  c = 0.2
Instability factors - exp.6.25, 6.26, 6.27 & 6.28; k y = 0.5  (1 +  c  ( rel,y - 0.3) +  rel,y2) = 0.593
k z = 0.5  (1 +  c  ( rel,z - 0.3) +  rel,z 2 ) = 1.334
k c,y = 1 / (k y + (k y2 -  rel,y2)) = 0.975
k c,z = 1 / (k z + (k z2 -  rel,z 2 )) = 0.533
Column stability checks - exp.6.23 & 6.24;  c,0,d / (k c,y  fc,0,d ) +  m,y,d / f m,y,d + k m   m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.165
 c,0,d / (k c,z  fc,0,d ) + k m   m,y,d / f m,y,d +  m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.186
PASS - Column stability is acceptable
Check beams subjected to either bending or combined bending and compression - cl.6.3.3
Fifth percentile shear modulus parallel to the grain; G 0.05 = E 0.05 / 16 = 893.75 N/mm 2
Torsion factor;  = 0.263
Torsional moment of inertia; Itor =   min(h, b) 3  max(h, b) = 78990000 mm 4
Effective length - Table 6.1; L ef = 2300 mm + 2  h = 2900 mm
Critical bending stress - exp.6.31;  m,crit =   (E 0.05  I z  G 0.05  Itor) / (L ef  W y) = 114.734 N/mm 2
Relative slenderness for bending - exp.6.30;  rel,m = (f m.k /  m,crit) = 0.723
Lateral buckling factor - exp.6.34; k crit = 1.000
Beam stability check - exp.6.35; ( m,y,d / (k crit  fm,y,d )) 2 +  c,0,d / (k c,z  fc,0,d) = 0.03
PASS - Beam stability is acceptable