Glulam Roof Design
The tables in this data file provide recommended preliminary design loads for two of the most common glulam beam applications.
Glulam roof design. Glulam beams bearing the apa ews trademark. Glued laminated timber or glulam is the beating heart of timber engineering. These tables are provided as a guideline. If the proposed design of your roof is not achievable using a conventional truss design then sydenhams can incorporate glulam laminated beams to provide support intermediately or as a design statement the beams can be left exposed to provide maximum impact.
Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties. Unalam laminated wood is readily available and generally requires less lead time than other structural framing systems. It explains the capabilities and characteristics and includes a specification guide providing tips on how to order glulam. If requested by our customers we will include steel hardware and erection on a job.
Glulam roof beams. Glued laminated beam design tables lued laminated beams glulams are used in a wide range of applications in both commercial and residential construction. Glued laminated timber is a versatile engineered wood that is frequently specified for its strength beauty and reliability. Glulam for residential building this guide from apa the engineered wood association details the uses of apa trademarked structural glued laminated timber glulam in resi dential construction.
It is light weight and retains its shape. Our structural glulam units are available in columns trusses arches purlins and beams floor and roof. Our glued laminated timber offers excellent statics qualities. The tables include values for section properties and capacities and allowable loads for simple span and cantilevered beams.
The material is made up of several layers of structural timber that have been bonded together using adhesives in order to form a bigger potentially enormous piece of wood. By using the latest 3d modelling cad packages glulam members can be modelled accurately using clash analysis of members and connections. Detailed design services include early design advice and consulting conceptual sketches 2d general arrangements 3d structural detailing and full 3d timber frame structural design. The beam span length is fixed for this demo version.
Several layers of spruce wood are glued together in the direction of the grain and processed into customised glulam elements.