This paper investigates an open web truss joist (OWTJ) made of laminated </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">veneer lumber (LVL) </span><i><span style="font-...This paper investigates an open web truss joist (OWTJ) made of laminated </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">veneer lumber (LVL) </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Paraserianthes falctaria</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> as a prefabricated tim</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ber</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">concrete </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">composite floor system. The four-point bending test showed that structura</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">l performances of the OWTJ, conventional composite floor (CCF), and prefabricated composite floor (PCF) were similar. Although composite action was not developed as no lateral deformation was observed at the shear connectors, in</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stalling a concrete slab above the OWTJ can slightly increase the ductility</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> factor of the composite floor. Furthermore, a finite element model was developed, and the model proved to be suitable for simulating the structural performance of the composite floor.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates an open web truss joist (OWTJ) made of laminated </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">veneer lumber (LVL) </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Paraserianthes falctaria</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> as a prefabricated tim</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ber</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">concrete </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">composite floor system. The four-point bending test showed that structura</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">l performances of the OWTJ, conventional composite floor (CCF), and prefabricated composite floor (PCF) were similar. Although composite action was not developed as no lateral deformation was observed at the shear connectors, in</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stalling a concrete slab above the OWTJ can slightly increase the ductility</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> factor of the composite floor. Furthermore, a finite element model was developed, and the model proved to be suitable for simulating the structural performance of the composite floor.
