Traditionally, bolted joints have been designed to
carry unidirectional loads. We have little knowledge about
the effects of combined loading on the failure characteristics
of joints with more than one bolt. In this thesis,
two techniques are presented which enable such joints to be
evaluated when they are subjected to...
Nailed joints between sheathing and framing in light-frame
wood buildings play a vital role in assuring structural
safety by providing the stiffness needed to transfer the forces
among the building components and the medium of energy
dissipation during severe earthquakes and wind storms. However,
the exact nature of load transfer...
The design of bolted wood joints has, to date, been
primarily based on empirical work. Much of this has been
on single bolted joints. The extrapolation of this data to
cover multiple bolted and large diameter bolted joints is
questionable. There appears to be a lack of basic
understanding of...