There is a particularity in the contact area between the glulam beam and the plate. The plate was 1 cm milled in order to avoid lateral slippage during the pressing procedure. This can be considered in RF‑LAMINATE using various plate compositions.
The plate deformation in the final state is defined by the line deformation of 15.5 cm (12 cm precamber + 3.5 cm axis plate). Based on this imposed deformation, the resulting beam reserve is 1.8 cm (see the figure) and the bending moment is 9.25 kNm in the beam and plate.
The design of the T‑beams, including consideration of these forces, is described in the third part of the post.
