Numerical Investigation of Reinforcement of Timber Elements in Compression Perpendicular to the Grain using Densified Wood Dowels

• Published in: Construction & building materials Vol. 288; p. 122990
• Main Authors: O'Ceallaigh, Conan, Conway, Michael, Mehra, Sameer, Harte, Annette M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 21.06.2021
• Subjects: cohesive damage; Cohesive Zone Modelling (CZM) method; Densified wood dowels; Finite- Element (FE) numerical models; Glued laminated timber; Reinforcement; Stresses perpendicular to the grain; Finite- Element (FE) numerical models; Glued laminated timber; Densified wood dowels; Reinforcement; cohesive damage; Stresses perpendicular to the grain; Cohesive Zone Modelling (CZM) method

•The failure behaviour of densified wood dowel reinforced timber has been studied.•A 3-dimensional numerical model utilising CZM to predict this behaviour is presented.•A numerical parametric study has examined the influence of dowel diameter and length.•A maximum dowel length-diameter ratio is reco...