FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BEAM USING 2X4 GLUED BAMBOO LAMINATED WITH PARA TIMBER AND 2X6 PARA TIMBER

Abstract

This research studies the analysis of 2” x 4” glued bamboo laminated with Para-timber beam,
comparing with 2” x 6” glued Para-timber laminated structure to study the deformation behavior of the two
types of timber beams. The method used in testing is Finite Element Analysis: FEM, and in processing the
result, Computational Aided Engineering: CAE was used by ANSYS 2020 R2 program to find out the distance
of the pillar that affects to the structure of the wood, both in the compression force from the gravity and from
the vertical displacement. The study found that 2” x 4” glued bamboo laminated with Para-timber beam can
replace 2” x 6” glued laminated Para-timber beam. Although the deformation distance property of Para-timber
is 0.33141 mm. (27.96%) less than the glued bamboo laminated with Para-timber, it has the difference in the
modulus of elastic value at 84 megapascal, which results in that the undeformed behavior of glued bamboo
laminated with Para- timber beam was less than Para-timber. In comparison, 2” x 4” glued bamboo laminated
and Para-timber is cheaper, and it is able to reduce the size of the 2” x 6” glued Para-timber laminated to 2” x
4” glued bamboo laminated with Para-timber and still maintains the strength of the structure.