Analysis of orthotropic beams

Jen Y. Liu; S. Cheng

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Analysis of orthotropic beams

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jen Y. Liu, S. Cheng

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Research Paper FPL-RP-343. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 37 pages

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Abstract

A plane-stress analysis of orthotropic or isotropic beams is presented. The loading conditions considered are: (1) a concentrated normal load arbitrarily located on the beam, and (2) a distributed normal load covering an arbitrary length of the beam. exhibit close agreement with existing experimental data from Sitka spruce beams. Other loading conditions can similarly be considered. Numerical results based on the present analysis exhibit close agreement with existing experimental data from Sitka spruce beams.

Keywords

Beams, strength, strains, stresses, deformations, wooden beams, orthotropic materials, Picea sitchensis, deflection, shear

Citation

Liu, Jen Y.; Cheng, S. 1979. Analysis of orthotropic beams. Research Paper FPL-RP-343. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 37 pages