Technical University Gh.

Asachi Iasi
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services
Master courses of Structural Engineering
Student: Miron A. Marius-Andrei
Personal number: NoS=20
Home Assignment No. 4
WOOD BEAM EXTERNALLY REINFORCED WITH CFRP
It is considered a simple supported wood beam with a length of 6m that is bended from a uniform
distributed load q=8-0.05N=8-0.05*20=7 KN/m.
Requirements:
a. Determine the necessary beam section so that the deflection that appear from the exterior
loading do not exceed the ultimate deformation equal to l/240;
b. If the initial loading is increased with 10%, determine the width of the CFRP plate bonded
to underside of wood beam to increase the capable moment and stiffness.
The characteristics of one composite plate:
t=1.2mm;
ECFRP=165 GPa;
w=5cm;
It is known the elasticity modulus of wood Ewood=13.1GPa.
SOLUTION:
a.
b

h300mm

7 kN/m

6m

1 of 3

240

6000
240

= 25;

< = 25; =
=

710 3 64
13.110 9 10

54
384

54
384

= 3.60687 104 4 ;

= = 12 = 120.000360687 = 0.1603;
3
0.33
= 0.3
12

It will be adopted a beam section with the height h=300mm and the width b=165mm.

b.

The initial loading is increased with 10% and the new uniformly distributed load become:
= 7 + 10% 7 = 7.7 /.
= 165 = 165 103
THE WOOD SECTION IS TRANSFORMED IN COMPOSITE SECTION

13.1 103
=
= 0.79393;

165 103
Determine the transformed wood section into CFRP:
bwood-cfrp = bwood*n= 165*0.0793= 13.1mm;
=

There are considered 3 strips of CFRP:

bCFRP= 3*50= 150 mm;

2 of 3

Determine the position of the neutral axis:

=

= = 300 13.1 = 39302 ;

ACFRP= bCFRP *t =150*1.2=180 mm2;
y1=h/2+t=151.2 mm
y2=t/2=0.6 mm
y=144.604 mm

Determine the inertia moment for the transformed section:

=

3 13.1 3003
=
= 294750004 ;
12
12

= 1 = 151.2 144.604 = 6.596;

3 150 1.23
=
=
= 21.64 ;
12
12
= 2 = 144.604 0.6 = 144.004;
3
+ 2 = + 2
12
+ + 2
= 29475000 + 3930 6.5962 + 21.6 + 180 144.0042
= 33378692.324 ;

Determine the maximum deflection:

5 7.7 60004 4
5 4
=
=
= 23.593 < ;
384 384 13.1 103 33378692.324
2

Hence, the width of the composite plate is 150mm, using three strips of CFRP.
The results are checked using a spreadsheet, which has been saved in A3 format and enclosed
to the current application solution.

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Home Assignment No. 4

WOOD BEAM EXTERNALLY REINFORCED WITH CFRP

h 300 mm

7 kN/m

It is considered a simple supported wood beam with a length of 6m that is bended from a uniform distributed load q=80.05N=8-0.05*20=7 KN/m.
Requirements:
a. Determine the necessary beam section so that the deflection that appear from the exterior loading do not exceed the
ultimate deformation equal to l/240;

6m

b. If the initial loading is increased with 10%, determine the width of the CFRP plate bonded to underside of wood beam to
increase the capable moment and stiffness.
The characteristics of one composite plate:
t=1.2mm; ECFRP=165 GPa; w=5cm;
It is known the elasticity modulus of wood Ewood=13.1GPa.

Solution
q
L
Et

7 KN/m
6m
13.1 Gpa

7 N/mm
6000 mm
13100 Mpa

umax
M

31.5 KNm

a.

h, b = ?

umax

31500000 N*mm

umax ulim

h=1.5b

0.025 m

4
0.000360687 m
0.1892385 m
0.28385775 m

I nec
b
h

5qL4
384EI

25 mm

4
360687022.9 mm
189.2384998 mm
283.8577497 mm

L
6000

25 mm
240
240

I = bh3/12

w = 7kN/m

adoptam
h=
b=

300
160.3053435
4
371250000 mm

I=

b.
q'
ECFRP=

mm
165 mm
x

t=?
7.7 KN/m
165 Gpa

165000 Mpa

1.2 mm

THE WOOD SECTION IS TRANSFORMED IN COMPOSITE SECTION

n=

0.079393939
165 mm

Determine the transformed wood section into CFRP

bwood-cfrp
13.1 mm

bCFRP

300 mm

There are considered 3 strips of CFRP: bCFRP=3*50=150mm

150 mm
y'

Determine the position of the neutral axis y

2
Awood-CFRP
3930 mm
2
ACFRP
180 mm
y1

151.2 mm

y2

0.6 mm
144.6043796 mm

y'=

Ai y i
Ai

1.2 mm

bcpaf = ?

Determine the inertia moment for the transformed section

4
29475000 mm
4
21.6 mm

Iwood-CFRP
ICFRP
I=

ywood-CFRP = y1-y'
yCFRP = y'-y2

33378692.32 mm
4
33,378,692 mm

Determinarea sagetii maxime, umax

umax=

23.5928955 mm

< 25mm

6.59562 mm
144.0044 mm