Investigation on the performance of GFRP reinforced glued laminated timber (glulam component) / Abdullah Omar Abdullah Zamli

The glulam method enabled the use of smaller timber pieces being formed together into a stronger larger piece, a revolutionary method which made timber construction component much more reliable renewable material. However this method still relies on the rule that a larger component is always stronger. Several applications reinforcement like glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) or carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) have been applied on glulam in order to allow it to have greater structural strength without any increase of its dimensions. Though reinforcement is proven to be workable, there is still no standardized method of manufacture and minimum parameter of reinforcement materials.