1. Fire structural performance of thermo-mechanically compressed spruce timber by means experiments and a three-step multi-reactions pyrolysis 3D-finite element modelling
- Author
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Tran, T.T., Thi, V.-D., Oudjene, M., Khelifa, M., Girods, P., Debal, Matthieu, Rogaume, Y., Jannot, Yves, Laboratoire Énergies et Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée (LEMTA ), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur le Matériau Bois (LERMAB), Université de Lorraine (UL), Thuyloi University, Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval), The funding provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via Interreg NWE grant 348 'Towards Adhesive Free Timber Buildings', AFTB, and European Project: ERDF
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020209 energy ,Thermal behaviour ,Charring ,Densified timber ,020101 civil engineering ,Timber ,02 engineering and technology ,Building and Construction ,0201 civil engineering ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,FEM Pyrolysis ,General Materials Science ,Fire resistance ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
International audience; This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations to access the relative fire structural resistance of thermo-mechanically compressed (or densified) spruce wood. First of all, thermal characterization, including thermal conductivity and specific heat, has been undertaken on both compressed and uncompressed spruce wood. The thermal degradation of both compressed and uncompressed wood has been analysed by means thermogravimetric tests using different heating rates. Both compressed and uncompressed spruce samples of dimensions of 100 mm × 100 mm × 19 mm have been subjected to fire in a cone calorimeter under 20 kW/m2 and 75 kW/m2. Finally, a predictive finite element model based on three-step multi-reactions of pyrolysis is proposed for the thermal transfer and degradation analyses of timber material. The simulated thermal profiles, the mass loss as well as the charring depths were compared to the experimentally recorded results showing a fairly good agreement.
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- 2022