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A laminated wood beam composed of five planks glued together is subjected to a uniformly distributed load. The beam has a 6 inch width, 10 inch height, and 6 foot span. The maximum loads are determined by checking the bending stress in the wood, shear stress in the wood, and shear stress in the glue between planks. The lowest maximum load is 1250 lbs/ft, thus the uniformly distributed load on the beam cannot exceed 1250 lbs/ft.

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DP02

A laminated wood beam composed of five planks glued together is subjected to a uniformly distributed load. The beam has a 6 inch width, 10 inch height, and 6 foot span. The maximum loads are determined by checking the bending stress in the wood, shear stress in the wood, and shear stress in the glue between planks. The lowest maximum load is 1250 lbs/ft, thus the uniformly distributed load on the beam cannot exceed 1250 lbs/ft.

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Problem

A laminated beam is composed of five planks, each 6 in. by 2 in., glued together to form a
section 6 in. wide by 10 in. high. The allowable shear stress in the glue is 90 psi, the allowable
shear stress in the wood is 120 psi, and the allowable flexural stress in the wood is 1200 psi.
Determine the maximum uniformly distributed load that can be carried by the beam on a 6-ft
simple span.

Solution 581
Maximum moment for simple beam

Mmax=18woL2
Mmax=18wo(62)
Mmax=4.5wo lbft
Maximum shear for simple beam

Vmax=12woL
Vmax=12wo(6)
Vmax=3wo lb
For bending stress of wood

fb=6Mbd2
120=6(4.5wo)(12)6(103)
wo=2222.22 lb/ft
For shear stress of wood

(fv)wood=3V2bd
120=3(3wo)2(6)(10)
wo=1600 lb/ft

For shear stress in the glued joint

(fv)glue=VQIb
Where:

Q=6(4)(2.5)=60 in3
I=bd312=6(103)12=500 in4
b=6 in

Thus,

90=3wo(60)500(6)
wo=1250 lb/ft
Use wo = 1250 lb/ft for safe value of uniformly distributed load.

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