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Timber Strut Designer to AS1720.1

The calculator computes the axial compression capacity of a timber strut.
All calculations are performed in accordance with AS 1720.1-2010.

Calculation

Material Properties



Timber species
:Pine, radiata (Australia)



Seasoned or unseasoned
:Seasoned



Stress grade
:F17



Hardwood or softwood
:Hardwood



Compression strength parallel to grain, f'c
:34



Modulus of elasticity parallel to grain, E
:14000



Timber density
:800kg/m3



Section and Member Geometry



D
:75 mm



B
:50 mm



L
:1.80 m



Lax
:1.80 m



Lay
:1.80 m



Design Compression Capacity



ϕ
:0.85



Nd,c
:102


Nd,c=ϕk1k4k6k12fcAgN_{d,c} = \phi k_1k_4k_6k_{12}f'_cA_g

Modification Factor details



k1
:0.94



k4
:1



k6
:1



k12
:1.00