Villar-García, J.R.; Moya Ignacio, M.; Vidal-López, P.; Rodríguez-Robles, D. Frictional Behavior of Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Sawn Timber for Carpentry and Mechanical Joints in Service Class 2. Sustainability2024, 16, 3886.
Villar-García, J.R.; Moya Ignacio, M.; Vidal-López, P.; Rodríguez-Robles, D. Frictional Behavior of Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Sawn Timber for Carpentry and Mechanical Joints in Service Class 2. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3886.
Villar-García, J.R.; Moya Ignacio, M.; Vidal-López, P.; Rodríguez-Robles, D. Frictional Behavior of Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Sawn Timber for Carpentry and Mechanical Joints in Service Class 2. Sustainability2024, 16, 3886.
Villar-García, J.R.; Moya Ignacio, M.; Vidal-López, P.; Rodríguez-Robles, D. Frictional Behavior of Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Sawn Timber for Carpentry and Mechanical Joints in Service Class 2. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3886.
Abstract
Wood is poised to become a material of choice for future construction. When appropriately managed, it is a renewable material with unique mechanical properties. Beyond its inherent sustainability, the use of wood has a crucial role in addressing climate change concerns due a significantly lower energy consumption and emissions during manufacturing and transportation, while simultaneously acting as a carbon sink. Thus, there has been a growing demand for hardwoods for structural applications, including Castanea sativa Mill., the focal point of this investigation. Albeit in a limited capacity, Eurocode 5-2 offers friction coefficients for softwoods, but it falls short for hardwoods which it is a gap to bridge with this research. These coefficients play a critical role in numerical simulations involving friction, enabling the optimization of joints and, by extension, the overall structural integrity. Test samples were evaluated at 18% moisture content, which is typical of Service Class 2, for various orientations of timber-to-timber and timber-to-steel friction. Considering previous friction coefficients at 12% moisture content, the linear variation was evaluated at an intermediate value of 15%. The results provide an experimental database for numerical simulations and highlight the influence of moisture content on the coefficients, which increase linearly along moisture percentages.
Engineering, Architecture, Building and Construction
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