Bolted Timber Connections: Part II. Bolt Bending and Associated Wood Deformation

Authors

  • Philip E. Humphrey
  • Larry J. Ostman

Keywords:

Bolted joints, bolt deflection, X-ray scanning, wood-deformation mechanisms

Abstract

Complete double-shear joints with a single bolt were tested in tension. Approximately 10 X-ray scans were made of each joint as it was progressively loaded to failure; in this way, bending and overall displacement of the bolts within the members could be quantified. Combining the above data with measured joint-slip values enables the penetration of the bolt into the surrounding wood to be calculated for all positions along the length of the bolt. In a preceding related study, the authors observed the mechanisms of deformation that occur in thin wood wafers around a round steel pin of a diameter identical to that of the bolts used in the present work. By combining this information on behavior mechanisms in the plane at right angles to the pin axis with the X-ray data for whole joints, wood behavior throughout the joint and reactions against the bolt along its length can be estimated. The above analysis is applied principally to joints with 75- x 75-mm wood main members, 75- x 37.5-mm wood side members, and a single 12.5-mm diameter bolt an an end-distance of seven diameters. Representative X-ray scans of joints manufactured with a range of steel side-member thicknesses and bolt diameters are also included. The techniques presented complement theoretical model predictions and thus may be used to aid in optimizing joint design.

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2007-06-22

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Number 4 / October 1989

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Research Contributions

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