NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON STRENGTHENING OF WOODEN FLOOR WITH COMPOSITES

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON STRENGTHENING OF WOODEN FLOOR WITH COMPOSITES

Faizamol M¹, S Nabeel², Muneera B³, Raji R³.

¹Civil Engineering Department, YCET Kollam

² Civil Engineering Department, YCET Kollam

³ Civil Engineering Department, YCET Kollam

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Abstract - Composite flooring mechanism is introduced to reduce the wood composites in wooden floor. Deformation and stress in wood composite mechanism is analysed by varying depth by   using ANSYS 18.1. Yellow Poplar, Eastern White Pine and Douglas Fir are used as wooden panel materials. Different composite arrangement with wooden laminates such as Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), Glass Fiber (GF) and Polyethylene are used. From these worst perform wood under standard floor load by US code (40 psf) is identified.

Result showed that Yellow Poplar wood - Glass Fiber with 10mm panel width on top and bottom with Glass Fiber 20mm that possess optimal arrangement. It consumes 80.208 % less wood compared to conventional wooden floors. Modelling a wooden structure and introducing this wooden panel and identify the stress at joints. Here induced yield strength is very much less than the yield stress of wood. The use of wood with composites the wood consumption is saved and to easy to replace. From these arrangements it will lo carry load and structure remains stable.

Key Words:  Composite flooring, CFRP, Glass Fiber, ANSYS