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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.2.3.1.2; Permanent
Service class - cl.2.3.1.3; 3
Timber section details
Number of timber sections in member; N=1
Breadth of sections; b = 100 mm
Depth of sections; h = 100 mm
Timber strength class - EN 338:2016 Table 3; D60
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100x100 timber section

Cross-sectional area, A, 10000 mm2
Section modulus, Wy, 166666.7 mm3
Section modulus, Wz, 166667 mm3
Second moment of area, Iy, 8333333 mm4
Second moment of area, Iz, 8333333 mm4
Radius of gyration, iy, 28.9 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/mm 2
Characteristic compression strength parallel to grain, c.0.k
f , 33 N/mm2
Characteristic compression strength perpendicular to grain, c.90.k
f , 10.5 N/mm2
f , 36 N/mm2
Characteristic tension strength parallel to grain, t.0.k
2
Mean modulus of elasticity, E0.mean, 17000 N/mm
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 = 2800 mm
Effective length - Major axis; L e,y = L y = 2800 mm
Unbraced length - Minor axis; L z = 2800 mm
Effective length - Minor axis; L e,z = L z = 2800 mm
Bearing length; L b = 100 mm
Analysis results
Design bending moment - Major axis; M y,d = 1.892 kNm
Design bending moment - Minor axis; M z,d = 0.384 kNm
Design shear force - Major axis; F y,d = 0.636 kN
Design shear force - Minor axis; F z,d = 2.16 kN
Design axial compression force; P d = 11.563 kN

Section s1 results summary Unit Capacity Maximum Utilisation Result

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Compressive stress N/mm 12.7 1.2 0.091 PASS
Bending stress N/mm 2 25.0 2.3 0.518 PASS
Shear stress N/mm 2 1.8 0.5 0.273 PASS
Bending and axial force 0.526 PASS
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Column stability check 0.754 PASS

Beam stability check 0.441 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 - Major axis - exp.3.1; k h,m,y = min((150 mm / h) 0.2 , 1.3) = 1.084
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 = 11.563 kN
Design compressive stress;  c,0,d = P d / A = 1.156 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 = 0.091
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 = 0.636 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60;  y,d = 1.5  F y,d / (k cr  b  h) = 0.142 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 = 0.077
Design shear force - minor axis; F z,d = 2.16 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60;  z,d = 1.5  F z,d / (k cr  b  h) = 0.484 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 = 0.262
Combined shear checks; (( y,d / fv,y,d) 2 + ( z,d / f v,z,d )2 ) = 0.273
PASS - Design shear strength exceeds design shear stress
Check bending moment - Section 6.1.6
Design bending moment in major axis; M y,d = 1.892 kNm
Design bending stress in major axis;  m,y,d = M y,d / W y = 11.352 N/mm 2
Design bending strength in major axis; fm,y,d = k h,m,y  k mod  fm.k /  M = 25.026 N/mm 2
 m,y,d / f m,y,d = 0.454
Design bending moment in minor axis; M z,d = 0.384 kNm
Design bending stress in minor axis;  m,z,d = M z,d / W z = 2.304 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 = 0.092
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 = 0.518
k m   m,y,d / fm,y,d +  m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.410
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 = 0.526
( c,0,d / f c,0,d ) 2 + k m   m,y,d / fm,y,d +  m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.418
PASS - Combined bending and axial compression utilisation is acceptable
Check columns subjected to either compression or combined compression and bending - cl.6.3.2
Effective length for y-axis bending; L e,y = 2800 mm
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Slenderness ratio;  y = L e,y / iy = 96.995

Relative slenderness ratio - exp. 6.21;  rel,y =  y /   (fc.0.k / E 0.05 ) = 1.483
Effective length for z-axis bending; L e,z = 2800 mm
Slenderness ratio;  z = L e,z / iz = 96.995
Relative slenderness ratio - exp. 6.22;  rel,z =  z /   (f c.0.k / E 0.05 ) = 1.483
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) = 1.718
k z = 0.5  (1 +  c  ( rel,z - 0.3) +  rel,z 2 ) = 1.718
k c,y = 1 / (k y + (k y2 -  rel,y2)) = 0.387
k c,z = 1 / (k z + (k z2 -  rel,z 2 )) = 0.387
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 = 0.754
 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 = 0.645
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;  = 0.141
Torsional moment of inertia; Itor =   min(h, b) 3  max(h, b) = 14060000 mm 4
Effective length - Table 6.1; L ef = 2800 mm = 2800 mm
Critical bending stress - exp.6.31;  m,crit =   (E 0.05  I z  G 0.05  Itor) / (L ef  W y) = 260.508 N/mm 2
Relative slenderness for bending - exp.6.30;  rel,m = (f m.k /  m,crit) = 0.480
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) = 0.441
PASS - Beam stability is acceptable