Purpose: This work investigates the load-bearing capacity of a foundation built out of cross-laminated timber. The foundation is built with the same principles as a slab on grade made out of concrete. The purpose is also to account for the different operating principles of a wooden slab on grade with, and without, an edge beam. Method: To answer the issues at hand, a literature study was used to collect relevant information. Calculations were made with data from an example house which is presented with various drawings that illustrate the building’s size and form. Data from the example house is used to determine the loads. Thereafter, calculations were made both by hand and with the computer software FEM-design which uses the finite element method. Results: The main principle of shallow foundation design is contact pressure. The calculations show a range of contact pressure applied to the underlying soil and insulation of the foundation. Load combinations according to Eurocode 1 are used to determine the sum of loads affecting the foundation. All load combinations result in a higher contact pressure when using a foundation without an edge beam. Calculations done by hand presents the maximum value of contact pressure of the two separate foundations and highlights the difference between the two. The results from hand calculations and computer software regarding contact pressure varies. Calculations performed in FEM-design use three variations of the modulus of subgrade reaction to investigate the impact of said modulus. FEM-design also calculates the deflection which is significantly larger without an edge beam. The Conclusions of this work include a reduction in contact pressure when the wooden foundation is constructed with an edge beam. Calculations done by hand may overestimate the stiffening ability of the wooden edge beam. The modulus of subgrade reaction affects the magnitude of deflection in a larger extent than the contact pressure. It is suitable to design a wooden foundation with an edge beam with the purpose of keeping deflection to a minimum.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-55458 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Hellman, Linnéa, Falck, Nils |
| Publisher | Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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