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2. LVL STRUCTURES IN FLOORS, WALLS, ROOFS AND IN SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
2.5.8 Bridges
Robust LVL-C panels can be used as pedestrian bridge decks
supported on, e.g., glulam main beams. A 75 mm thick panel
has the required resistance against maintenance vehicle wheel
point loads and the bracing design of the bridge is straightfor-
ward using the solid panels. LVL-C panels allow up to 1.8 m
spacing of main beams and secondary beams or, if the main
beam spacing is small, secondary beams are not needed. On-
ly two panels are needed for a typical 3.6 m bridge width. The
deck needs a protective layer against water ingress on the top
side, but impregnation against decay is not needed.
Figure 2.92.
75mm LVL-C deck on a pedestrian bridge. Matinpuro Espoo, Finland.
Figure 2.93.
LVL-C deck parallel to the span of glulam beams of a
pedestrian bridge.
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