Abstract
This paper presents a 3D moisture-stress numerical analysis for timber structures under variable humidity and load conditions. An orthotropic viscoelastic-mechanosorptive material model is specialized on the basis of previous models. Both the constitutive model and the equations needed to describe the moisture flow across the structure are implemented into user subroutines of the Abaqus finite element code and a coupled moisture-stress analysis is performed for several types of mechanical loads and moisture changes. The presented computational approach is validated by analyzing some wood tests described in the literature and comparing the computational results with the reported experimental data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 333-356 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 333 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Abaqus code
- Creep models
- Moisture induced stresses
- Timber structures
- ProperTune