Issue 64

H. Zine Laabidine et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 64 (2023) 186-203; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.64.12

Figure 7: mesh of the simulated TCC beams with full section: G1 and F1.

Figure 8: Modelling of R300 rectangular notch, R150 rectangular notch and triangular notch with embedded screw of 16 mm diameter and toothed metal plate connection. Materials constitutive models The LVL Timber is simulated as an orthotropic material, the constitutive relationship for three-dimensional orthotropic linear elasticity is given by Eqn. 1:    

1

31

21

0 0 0

E E E

11

22

22









1

32

12

0 0 0

                      11 22 33 12 13 12 2 2 2     

                       11 22 33 12 13 12   

E E E

22

22

22

  23 1

 

21

0 0 0

E E E

11

22

33

(1)

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1

0

0

0

0 0

G

23

1

0

0

0 0

0 1

G

13

0

0

0 0 0

G

12

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