An important factor affecting the strength and ultimate load of wood structures is the strength, stiffness and durability of its joints. Therefore, the behavior of nailed joints must be given proper consideration when designing and analyzing wood structures. Presently,formulas for determining the strength of nailed joints under withdrawal loads, as...
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...
The objective of this research is to understand the behavior of metal-plate-
connected (MPC) joints by examining actual MPC truss heel and tension
splice joints subjected to hurricane wind load simulations and impact loads.
A hurricane wind load simulation was applied to MPC heel joints to
determine if a large...