Design Glulam Beams and Columns to Eurocode 5

• Bending Capacity (My,Rd, Mz,Rd): Checks major and minor axis moment capacity, automatically applying the size effect factor (kh).
• Shear Capacity (VRd): Verifies vertical shear strength, critical for short, heavily loaded beams.
• Lateral Torsional Buckling (kcrit): A rigorous stability check for long, unrestrained beams — calculates the critical bending stress (σm,crit) to prevent the beam from rolling over before it reaches its full strength.
• Compression & Buckling (kc): For columns, calculates the slenderness ratio (λ) and applies the instability factor (kc) for buckling about both axes.
• Deflection (wfin): Calculates instantaneous and creep deflection (kdef) to ensure long-term serviceability.

Supplier & Code Integration — integrates supplier-specific glulam data with Eurocode 5 requirements. Material grades (GL24h, GL28h, etc.) evaluated using Eurocode 5 design parameters; national annex settings ensure country-specific safety factors and load combinations.

Analytical Model: Elastic Beam Theory (Euler–Bernoulli, linear elastic, plane sections remain plane); Section Properties (moment of inertia, section modulus, effective area, radius of gyration); Stability Considerations (effective length parameters for lateral-torsional instability).

Structural Performance Checks: Bending Resistance; Shear Resistance; Torsional Stability Check Due to Bending (lateral-torsional buckling, critical bending stress and reduction factors); Deflection Verification (instantaneous, creep, final deflection vs. allowable span limits).

Same supplier/code integration approach; national annex settings for country-specific factors.

Analytical Model: Elastic Member Analysis (axial compression, bending from eccentric loads, Eurocode 5 procedures); Section Properties; Load Eccentricity Effects (both principal directions).

Structural Performance Checks: Bending Verification (both axes); Compression Verification; Combined Actions Verification (Eurocode interaction equations); Buckling Verification (effective length, slenderness, reduction factors); Lateral Torsional Stability.

Supplier Integration & Material Data — GL24h, GL28h etc. evaluated per Eurocode 5 material parameters.

Analytical Model: Design Action Effects (forces entered directly by user rather than derived from loads/spans — bending moments, shear, axial entered as design action effects); Section Properties; Member Configuration (columns or diagonal braces, length, analysis location, loading duration).

Structural Performance Checks: Bending Verification (Mx, My); Combined Bending Check; Compression Verification; Combined Bending and Compression; Shear Verification (Fx, Fy); Combined Actions Check; Stability Verification.

Advanced GLT Fire Engineering — implements Eurocode 5 fire design provisions and national annex methodologies; calculates char depth development and reduced effective cross-section.

Precision Charring and Residual Section Analysis — users define basic charring rate (β₀) and notional charring rate (βₙ) with required fire resistance time; accounts for different exposed faces and protection conditions (partial exposure, protected faces, multi-sided fire attack).

Automated Fire Verification — Fire Bending Resistance, Fire Shear Resistance, Torsional Stability Under Fire Conditions.

Advancing Structural Connection Design — Advanced Yield Modeling (Eurocode Johansen Yield Models); ETA Integration (supplier-specific European Technical Assessments).

Simplified Structural Joint Design — preconfigured types: Dowel and Bolt Connections, Beam-to-Column Connections, Beam-to-Beam Connections, Compression Perpendicular to Grain (GLT), Beam Notch Verification, Shear Reinforcement Design, CLT Floor-to-Beam Interfaces.

„Global-Local“ Connection Library — Universal Fastener Selection: ESSVE, Eurotec, Klimas, Rocket/Vynex, Rothoblaas, Schmid Schrauben, Sihga, SPAX, Würth, Pitzl. Verified Compatibility: Binderholz, Kalvasta Timber, MTT, Theurl.

Evaluates circular and rectangular penetrations for size, location, and interaction with beam stress distribution.

Detailed Penetration Geometry — type, dimensions, position along beam; circular or rectangular openings; size and spacing; location within cross-section; reinforced or unreinforced. Auto-evaluates geometric limitations and spacing requirements.

Reinforcement and Structural Capacity Verification — self-tapping screws as reinforcement elements. Automated checks: Geometric Limitations for Penetrations, Tension Verification for Unreinforced Openings, Flexural Resistance of the Modified Section, Shear Resistance Near Penetrations, Reinforcement Geometry Requirements, Reinforcement Design Capacity.