HANDRAIL
HANDRAIL
HANDRAIL
Design section 1
Partial factor for material properties and resistances
Partial factor for material properties - Table 2.3; M = 1.300
Member details
Load duration - cl.2.3.1.2; Permanent
Service class - cl.2.3.1.3; 3
Timber section details
Number of timber sections in member; N=1
Breadth of sections; b = 80 mm
Depth of sections; h = 100 mm
Timber strength class - EN 338:2016 Table 3; D60
80
Span details
Unbraced length - Major axis; L y = 0 mm
Effective length - Major axis; L e,y = L y = 0 mm
Unbraced length - Minor axis; L z = 0 mm
Effective length - Minor axis; L e,z = L z = 0 mm
Bearing length; L b = 100 mm
Analysis results
Design bending moment - Major axis; M y,d = 0.536 kNm
Design bending moment - Minor axis; M z,d = 0.674 kNm
Design shear force - Major axis; F y,d = 1.47 kN
Design shear force - Minor axis; F z,d = 1.54 kN
Design axial compression force; P d = 2.1 kN
Modification factors
Duration of load and moisture content - Table 3.1; k mod = 0.5
Deformation factor - Table 3.2; k def = 2
Depth factor for bending - Major axis - exp.3.1; k h,m,y = min((150 mm / h) 0.2 , 1.3) = 1.084
Depth factor for bending - Minor axis - exp.3.1; k h,m,z = min((150 mm / b) 0.2 , 1.3) = 1.134
Bending stress re-distribution factor - cl.6.1.6(2); k m = 0.7
Crack factor for shear resistance - cl.6.1.7(2); k cr = 0.67
Check compression parallel to the grain - cl.6.1.4
Design axial compression; P d = 2.1 kN
Design compressive stress; c,0,d = P d / A = 0.263 N/mm 2
Design compressive strength; fc,0,d = k mod fc.0.k / M = 12.692 N/mm 2
c,0,d / fc,0,d = 0.021
PASS - Design parallel compression strength exceeds design parallel compression stress
Check shear force - Section 6.1.7
Design shear force - major axis; F y,d = 1.47 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60; y,d = 1.5 F y,d / (k cr b h) = 0.411 N/mm 2
Design shear strength; fv,y,d = k mod fv.k / M = 1.846 N/mm 2
y,d / f v,y,d = 0.223
Design shear force - minor axis; F z,d = 1.54 kN
Design shear stress - exp.6.60; z,d = 1.5 F z,d / (k cr b h) = 0.431 N/mm 2
Design shear strength; fv,z,d = k mod fv.k / M = 1.846 N/mm 2
z,d / f v,z,d = 0.233
Combined shear checks; (( y,d / fv,y,d) 2 + ( z,d / f v,z,d )2 ) = 0.323
PASS - Design shear strength exceeds design shear stress
Check bending moment - Section 6.1.6
Design bending moment in major axis; M y,d = 0.536 kNm
Design bending stress in major axis; m,y,d = M y,d / W y = 4.020 N/mm 2
Design bending strength in major axis; fm,y,d = k h,m,y k mod fm.k / M = 25.026 N/mm 2
m,y,d / f m,y,d = 0.161
Design bending moment in minor axis; M z,d = 0.674 kNm
Design bending stress in minor axis; m,z,d = M z,d / W z = 6.319 N/mm 2
Design bending strength in minor axis; fm,z,d = k h,m,z k mod fm.k / M = 26.168 N/mm 2
m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.241
Combined bending checks - eq.6.11 & eq.6.12; m,y,d / f m,y,d + k m m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.330
k m m,y,d / fm,y,d + m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.354
PASS - Design bending strength exceeds design bending stress
Check combined bending and axial compression - Section 6.2.4
Combined loading checks - exp.6.19 & 6.20; ( c,0,d / f c,0,d ) 2 + m,y,d / f m,y,d + k m m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.330
( c,0,d / f c,0,d ) 2 + k m m,y,d / fm,y,d + m,z,d / f m,z,d = 0.354
PASS - Combined bending and axial compression utilisation is acceptable
Check columns subjected to either compression or combined compression and bending - cl.6.3.2
Effective length for y-axis bending; L e,y = 0 mm
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Check beams subjected to either bending or combined bending and compression - cl.6.3.3
Fifth percentile shear modulus parallel to the grain; G 0.05 = E 0.05 / 16 = 893.75 N/mm 2
Torsion factor; = 0.171
Torsional moment of inertia; Itor = min(h, b) 3 max(h, b) = 8757760 mm 4
Effective length - Table 6.1; L ef = 0 mm + 2 h = 200 mm
Critical bending stress - exp.6.31; m,crit = (E 0.05 I z G 0.05 Itor) / (L ef W y) = 2574.531 N/mm 2
Relative slenderness for bending - exp.6.30; rel,m = (f m.k / m,crit) = 0.153
Lateral buckling factor - exp.6.34; k crit = 1.000
Beam stability check - exp.6.35; ( m,y,d / (k crit fm,y,d )) 2 + c,0,d / f c,0,d = 0.046
PASS - Beam stability is acceptable