Three-Dimensional Elastic Behavior of Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis L.) Wood and Investigation Via Finite Element Analysis

Wood is an anisotropic material with a complex structure. It is very difficult to examine the properties of complex structured materials. Finite element analysis is a technique that can be used to analyze the mechanical behavior of wood and wood-based materials. The objective of this study is to determine the mechanical properties of Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis L.) wood both experimentally and using finite element analysis. For tensile strength and compressive strength, with the aim of determining the wood’s behavior depending on its anisotropic axes, samples were prepared in three axial directions: radial, tangential and longitudinal. Under the same conditions and with the same dimensions, longitudinal samples were modeled in a computer environment using finite element analysis. ANSYS Multiphysics/LS-DYNA was used for simulation. It was determined that the laboratory results and the simulation results were in good agreement, with a similarity ratio of over 90%.