Timber floors strengthened with concrete
conference paper
Timber-concrete composite (tcc) beams may be used for the renovation of old timber floors. Although these systems are not new (Pokulka, 1997) and form a simple and practical solution, they are not widely adopted. One of the reasons for this is the Jack of uniform design rules. In this research programme shear tests on four different fastener types were performed as well as bending tests on tcc beams, manufactured with these fasteners. A nonlinear simulation model was built that is able to perform a Monte Carlo simulation on single tcc beams and tcc floor systems. The model was successfully verified with the bending tests before other simulations were performed. Several geometries were simulated resulting in a statistical distribution of the load-carrying capacity of each geometry. This model now makes it possible to calculate both characteristic strength and stiffness of these systems
TNO Identifier
328810
Source title
Proceedings IABSE Colloquium 'Saving Buildings in Central and Eastern Europe', Berlin, Germany, 4-5 June
Pages
1-6
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