Experimental Investigation on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Wood Concerning Tension with Thermal Creep Tests

Within the research project “Mechanical properties of wood for fire design” conducted at ETH Zurich, Technical University of Munich and TALTEC University, the thermomechanical properties of timber exposed to fire as the basis for a revision of the design methods in EN 1995-1-2 are investigated. The project includes full-scale fire tests on timber members, numerical examinations, and small-scale experiments under elevated temperatures. The small-scale experiments aim to investigate whether a correlation exists between the behaviour of timber members exposed to fire and exposure to elevated temperatures without direct fire exposure.