EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCE OF FISSURES ON THE CHARRING OF TIMBER MEMBERS

Authors

  • Zuzana Kamenická Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Jaroslav Sandanus Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Tomáš Klas Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Peter Rantuch Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Jozef Martinka Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Karol Balog Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 81005 Bratislava, Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51704/cjce.2018.vol4.iss1.pp58-64

Keywords:

Timber, fissures, charring

Abstract

In case of various dimensions of fissures, it is possible that as the cross-section reduces to the residual one, the mechanical resistance will be reduced as well. The charring rate of timber members with various fissures are analysed in this paper. The samples are exposed to heat flux in a cone calorimeter. The aim of the paper is to describe the experiment of timber samples with fissures and to analyse the results by means of a numerical analysis. Preliminary analysis shows that fissures can have a significant influence on the charring rate at a site of fissure and in case of several fissures they can have an influence on the whole cross-section.

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Published

2018-06-30

How to Cite

Kamenická, Z., Sandanus, J., Klas, T., Rantuch, P., Martinka, J. and Balog, K. (2018) “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCE OF FISSURES ON THE CHARRING OF TIMBER MEMBERS”, Czech Journal of Civil Engineering, 4(1), pp. 58-64. doi: 10.51704/cjce.2018.vol4.iss1.pp58-64.

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