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Gewichtsreduktion ist eine der entscheidenden Herausforderungen, um nachhaltige Fahrzeuge zu entwickeln. Der Einsatz von nachwachsenden Rohstoffen in Form von Naturfasern, wie Flachs, Kenaf, Hanf, ist Stand der Technik und findet vor allem in der Automobilindustrie Anwendung. Die Gründe sind zahlreich. Naturfasern sind wesentlich kostengünstiger als Carbonfasern und leichter als Glasfasern. Dadurch ergeben sich Kosten- und Gewichtsvorteile. Es lassen sich zudem hervorragende mechanische Eigenschaften erzielen. Schließlich bietet die Verwendung von Naturfasern einen deutlichen ökologischen Vorteil. Häufig kommen dabei Hybridverbunde zum Einsatz. Durch Hybridverbunde lassen sich die Vorteile von Spritzguss und Pressverfahren kombinieren (Funktionalisierung bei hoher Eigensteifigkeit).
Leichtbau und Ressourcenschonung sind zentrale Themen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Hybridverbunde mit Naturfasern (z.B. Flachs, Kenaf) sind Stand der Technik und werden v.a. im Automobilbau verwendet. Durch Hybridverbunde lassen sich die Vorteile von Spritzguss und Pressverfahren kombinieren (Funktionalisierung bei hoher Eigensteifigkeit). Obwohl Holzfasern diverse Vorteile gegenüber Naturfasern bieten (z.B. geringere Rohstoffrisiken), sind sie in diesem Bereich noch nicht umfassend untersucht.
Leichtbau und ressourcenschonende Herstellungstechnologien sind zentrale Themen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Thermoplastische Hybridverbunde mit endlosfaserverstärkten Einlegern spielen dabei eine große Rolle, sogenannte Organobleche. Auch Hybridverbunde mit Naturfaserverstärkung sind seit langem Stand der Technik und werden vor allem in der Automobilindustrie verwendet. Holzfasern sind in diesem Bereich jedoch noch nicht umfassend untersucht.
Der Vortrag befasst sich mit dem Potenzial von Holzfasern für thermoplastische Hybridverbunde im Vergleich zu Naturfasern. Dabei wird ein Einblick auf prozess- und materialtechnische Untersuchungen gegeben. Bei den Versuchen kommen diverse Technologien zum Einsatz. Holzfasern werden über ein Air-Lay-Verfahren mit Kunststofffasern zu einem Vlies gelegt. Bei der Weiterverarbeitung der konsolidierten Vliese zu Hybridverbunden, werden diese mit direkt compoundierten Holzfasern über einen In-Mould-Compounder angespritzt. Es zeigt sich, dass Faserverbunde mit Holzfasern vielversprechende Eigenschaften haben. Weitere Untersuchungen sind nötig, um ein tiefgreifendes Verständnis für die Werkstoffe und die Prozesse zu entwickeln.
Durch Integrieren der Variothermie können Organobleche wirtschaftlich und technisch verbessert zu Hybridbauteilen verarbeitet werden. Somit steigert sich der Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber konventionellen Werkstoffen weiter. An einer Technische Hochschule wird seit mehr als zehn Jahren intensiv an der Thematik der Verbindungstechnologien sowie den Haftungsmechanismen zwischen endlosfaserverstärkten Thermoplasten, den sogenannten Organoblechen, und angespritzten Funktionsstrukturen geforscht. Im Fokus stehen prozesstechnische Einflüsse, die die Verbundhaftung der Hybridleichtbaustrukturen erhöhen.
Innovative beech laminated veneer lumber (LVL) circular hollow sections for the use as temporary geotechnical soil nailing systems are currently being developed. Due to the permanent subsoil cement embedment, combined with high water saturation and permanent loading, the timber sections will lose strength and stiffness over time to a degree currently unknown. This paper presents the tensile and bending material properties of flat and curved beech LVL under various periods of immersion in a water–cement grout solution aiming at inducing both water saturation and long-term alkaline attack of the timber.
In total, 824 and 279 samples were tested in tension and bending, respectively. Results show that samples manufactured from 3 mm thick veneers result in tensile strength and stiffness 17% and 24% higher, respectively, than samples manufactured from 2 mm thick veneers. A reduction in the initial bending and tensile strength of up to 70% was found after 90 days of water saturation and cement contact. Taking into account a duration of load factor for permanent loading of two years, it is recommended to reduce the short-term tensile and bending strength of beech circular hollow sections to be used as geotechnical anchors by 80%.
Soil nailing systems are a common way to stabilize slopes and construction pits. Their design is usually based on the mechanical equilibrium of a rigid body motion and therefore, only tensile stresses are considered and accompanying forces like bending (shear stresses) in the soil nails are neglected. Continuous strain measurements along nails could verify this assumption, but may not be performed using conventional sensing technologies.
This paper reports about monitoring of a soil nailed slope stabilization using distributed fiber optic sensing. Soil nails in different anchoring horizons were instrumented and autonomously monitored over several weeks, in which the construction pit was excavated continuously. After the excavation, the final load bearing capacity of one selected nail was determined within a classical geotechnical load test. In addition to the field measurements, the bending behavior of the instrumented nail system was analyzed under laboratory conditions.
The presented studies demonstrate the high potential of distributed fiber optic sensing systems and their capability to extend traditional measurement methods in foundation engineering applications.
Innovative circular, hollow, laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beech sections for use as temporary geotechnical soil reinforcement members are currently being developed. Appropriate surface gluing quality between the veneers is fundamental to this subsoil application of the permanently cement-embedded, engineered timber product. The circular cross-section geometry and the permanently high-alkaline environment of the structural member is not covered by presently standardized testing and conditioning methods for examining LVL surface bond line quality. The sample conditioning and tensile shear test method compliant with EN 302-1 (Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures—test methods—part 1: determination of longitudinal tensile shear strength, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels, 2013) was modified to determine bonding parameters for circular, hollow LVL sections. Bond line curvature, groove cutting depth and sample geometry were found to greatly influence stress distribution, percentage of wood failure and tensile shear strength.
Short-term alkaline treatment of test samples did not significantly influence the bonding performance, wood failure percentage, tensile shear strength and fracture patterns. To improve tensile shear strength, adhesives with different material rigidities were used and compared. An orthotropic, elastic numerical analysis revealed a greater influence of adherent elasticity than adhesive elasticity on the stress distribution within the bond line. With regard to determining the bond line integrity of curved veneer poles, a sample geometry compliant with EN 302-1 (2013) was developed and numerically evaluated.
Laminated veneer lumber poles for temporary soil nailing ‐ investigation of material properties
(2016)
Within a current research project at Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences and Graz University of Technology the possibilities of using beech wood laminated veneer lumber poles as soil anchors for temporary soil nailing systems are investigated. Therefore tensile and bending properties of laminated veneers with high moisture and permanent cement contact concerning the influence of veneer bending rectangular to the fibre are determined. For investigation of material properties under different climate conditions tensile tests on small and faultless single beech wood veneers as well as tensile tests on 6 layered 3 mm samples and 9 layered 2 mm samples were carried out.
Therefore all samples were stored in extreme climate conditions like high moisture content and permanent cement contact. Six layered samples with 3mm thick veneers show a slightly higher strength and stiffness under dry conditions as well as at a moisture content of the samples above fibre saturation. A strength reduction factor concerning temporary geotechnical applications is suggested which considers the influence of long term loading, veneer bending, water saturation and
cement destruction on tensile properties of laminated veneer lumber poles.
This paper investigates the long-term tensile properties of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beech sections coated with cement and exposed to fungal decay. A set of LVL coupon (dog-bone) samples was stored in compost, tested in tension after 6 and 12 months and compared to reference samples stored at 20 °C and 65% relative humidity. Results showed that after 26 weeks of compost exposure, a fungus of the Ascomycota genus was identified in cement-coated samples using a molecular biology polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, which analyses the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA. However, no visual deterioration was noticed.
Still in cement-covered samples and after 12 months of exposure, a common white rot fungus was determined by DNA chip technology, but no fungal wood decay was visible in areas where the applied coating had a thickness of at least 5 mm. Decay in uncoated LVL samples was significant with the samples having an average residual strength equal to 7%. This compares to the tensile strength of coated samples, which only decreased by 65% relative to the reference samples. Strength and stiffness of coated samples did not differ significantly between 6 and 12 months of exposure. Preliminary investigations tend to show that the strength reduction in cement-coated samples is due to an alkaline degradation of the wood. The observed influence of the coating thickness on the visual fungal decay can probably be ascribed to the protection mechanism due to a physical fungal barrier with a high pH.