Shear resistance and failure modes of nailed joints loaded perpendicular to the grain

Shear tests were conducted on nailed joints in wood that were loaded perpendicular to the grain; these joints had 21 specifications depending on different combinations of wood species, nail dimensions, number of nails, and edge distances of the main members, and their effects on the shear resistance of the nailed joints were also investigated. The nailed joints with CN75 nails had higher initial stiffness than the joints with CN50 nails, provided the initial stiffness of nailed joints connected with 3 or 5 nails was not always a simple product of the number of nails and the initial stiffness of nailed joints connected with a nail, and instead depended on the combination of wood species of the main member and nail dimensions. When the edge distance decreased, the maximum load and energy capacity decreased, thereby affecting the energy capacity. The maximum load of the nailed joints with CN75 nails may be smaller than those with CN50 nails depending on the combination of wood species and nail dimensions. When the edge distance of the nailed joints was less than 26 mm, the energy capacity of the nailed joints with CN75 nails was less than or similar to those with CN50 nails.     

Dynamic responses of nailed plywood-timber joints under a band-limited white-noise wave

In this study, dynamic tests of nailed plywood-timber joints are conducted under a band-limited white-noise wave using a uniaxial hydraulic shaking table. The principal results are as follows: dynamic responses of nailed plywood-timber joints under a band-limited white-noise wave are reasonably related to the static load-slip relationships and the dynamic responses under harmonic waves of them. When nailed plywood-timber joints are shaken under a composite wave of wide frequency range, they resonate transitionally with one of the frequency components one after another decreasing their equivalent resonant frequencies along their static load-slip curves. Nailed plywood-timber joints are in danger of ultimate failures even though the input maximum accelerations do not exceed their damage limits, if they are shaken for long times with or without intermittences. In this case, nailed plywood-timber joints are prone to fail in low-cyclic bending fatigue failure of nails. Nailed plywood-timber joints, on the other hand, are prone to fail in typical static failure modes when they are shaken under strong input maximum accelerations equivalent to their ultimate limits.     

Withdrawal strength of nailed joints with decay degradation of wood and nail corrosion

Nailed timber joints are widely used in timber structures, and their deterioration may cause significant damage. We investigated the withdrawal strength of joints using steel wire nails in specimens exposed to a brown-rot fungus. We also examined the effects of nail corrosion on withdrawal strength, because high humidity conditions accelerate not only wood decay but also the corrosion of nails. We found that nail corrosion increased the withdrawal strength. The ratios of withdrawal strength of nailed joints with rusted nails to that of joints with a minimally rusted nails were 1.47 and 1.56 in joints nailed in radial and tangential directions to annual rings, respectively. Withdrawal strength, excluding the effects of nail corrosion, had a negative correlation with mass loss and Pilodyn-pin-penetration-depth-ratio. We estimated the withdrawal strength of the nailed joint with decayed wood and rusted nails by multiplying the values from the empirical formula (obtained from mass loss and Pilodyn-pin-penetration-depth-ratio) by 1.47 and 1.56 for joints nailed in radial and tangential direction to annual rings, respectively.     

落叶松规格材的钉连接性能

钉连接是木结构中常用的连接方式之一。依据美国钉连接的试验方法及设计值的确定方法,对我国东北地区落叶松的钉连接性能进行了检测。结果表明,随着圆钉直径的增大,落叶松的抗拔出力和抗剪切力基本呈上升趋势。并对东北地区落叶松钉连接的参考设计值进行了分析。     

Nonlinear superposition model for the behavior of bolted joints

Summary A previously developed model to predict the load-slip relationship for mechanical joints using one bolt subjected to lateral loading (Part 1) was extended to incorporate the rotational resistance of joints containing two bolts. The rotation is about the long axis direction of the bolts, and considers the wood members oriented at arbitrary angles to the grain. The model utilizes nonlinear translational springs to represent the parallel and perpendicular to grain components of the reaction force present on each bolt resisting the applied moment. A series of experiments were conducted to determine the spring constants of bolted joints in axial loading and to verify the predictions of the mathematical model. Bolted joints subjected to a pure rotation were tested using combinations of steel plates and wood side members experiencing bolt reaction forces at various angles of load to grain. The results indicated an excellent agreement between theoretical predictions and experimentally obtained data.The authors wish to extend thanks to the Colorado State Agricultural Experiment Station for their financial support and to the Fulbright-Hayes Foundation for the educational scholarship and research funding provided to the project     

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The joint-slip in nailed joints in the form of standard block shear specimens was measured with the aid of a small apparatus which can be fixed directly to the specimen.

The method of measuring joint-slip of nailed joints as described in this paper yielded very accurate and satisfactory results. The load-displacement curves obtained are very typical for nailed joints.

The deformation registered by the Instron testing machine did not represent the true joint-slip, but rather the total deformation which took place in the wood as well as the machine parts.     

Effects of density profile of MDF on stiffness and strength of nailed joints

Nail-head pull-through, lateral nail resistance, and single shear nailed joint tests were conducted on medium density fiberboard (MDF) with different density profiles, and the relations between the results of these tests and the density profiles of MDF were investigated. The maximum load of nail-head pull-through and the maximum load of nailed joints were little affected by the density profile. However, the ultimate strength of lateral nail resistance, the stiffness, and the yield strength of nailed joints were affected by the density profile of MDF and showed high values when the surface layer of the MDF had high density. It is known that bending performance is also influenced by density profile. Therefore, the stiffness and the yield strength of nailed joints were compared with the bending performance of MDF. The stiffness of nailed joints was positively correlated with the modulus of elasticity (MOE); in the case of CN65 nails, the initial stiffness of joints changed little in response to changes in MOE. The yield strength of nailed joints had a high positive correlation with the modulus of rupture (MOR). The stiffness and the yield strength of nailed joints showed linear relationships with MOE and MOR, respectively.     

Load-carrying capacity of steel-to-timber joints with a pretensioned bolt

Previous experimental studies reported that bolt pretensioning greatly increases the initial stiffness and load-carrying capacity of bolted joints. It is also a matter of great importance to structural designers to understand the effect of pretension on the load-carrying capacities of bolted joints, and this study presents an extended yield model that considers the fastener’s pretension force. In the extended yield model, the load-carrying capacity was defined as the load at a slip of 15 mm. The ultimate fastener bending angle at the yielded cross section equivalent to this joint slip, which was affected by the fastener’s axial force, was iteratively evaluated in numerical analyses. The introduction of bolt pretensioning largely increased the joint slip resistance at initial loading, but it decreased the ultimate fastener bending angle. This decrease of fastener bending angle resulted in a relatively low stiffness hardening (or secondary stiffness), which is caused by secondary axial forces associated with embedment of steel plates into the wood member. Prediction was verified by the tests of 36 steel-to-timber joints under three different pretension forces and two loading directions relative to the grain. Some of the observed load-carrying capacities of the joints, particularly in loading perpendicular to the grain, however, were not as high as those expected by the numerical analyses considering the given pretension forces.     

Nonlinear superposition model for the behavior of bolted joints

Summary A nonlinear superposition model was developed to assess the load-slip behavior of bolted joints consisting of a single bolt subjected to lateral loading at angles of load to grain. This model characterizes the bolted joint as a pair of orthogonal nonlinear springs aligned parallel and perpendicular to the grain of the wood members. The spring stiffnesses are quantified by a logarithmic or exponential function depending upon whether the connection softens or stiffens with increasing slip. The spring deformations are superimposed to determine the movement of each component of the connection. Deformations of connected members are added vectorially to determine their relative displacement. Spring constant were determined experimentally using metal-to-wood connections. Thick steel side plates were employed to limit the system deformation to the wood component. Wood members were evaluated at angles of load to grain ranging from zero to ninety degrees. Once the spring constants had been determined, the model was executed to predict the load-slip behavior of wood-to-wood connections. These predictions were compared to experimentally obtained load-slip values. The results indicate that the nonlinear superposition concept is a valid approach to predict joint deformation at angles of load to grain.The authors express their gratitude to the Fulbright-Hays Foundation and the Colorado State Agricultural Experiment Station for their financial support of this study     

Theoretical models for creep slip of nailed joints between wood and wood-based materials

Summary Applying modern methods of analyzing floor, wall, and connection subsystems in light-frame wood buildings requires information on the stiffness of nailed joints under long-term loads. Because this information can best be derived by testing nail-joint specimens under constant loads, theoretical procedures were developed that use test data for constant loads to predict stiffness under variable in-service loads; five nonlinear, viscous-viscoelastic models were develpoed on the basis of existing formulations of creep and mechanisms of load transfer between nails and wood. The models incorporated the modified superposition and strain-hardening principles in describing responses to discrete or continuous loading functions. Tests have shown that the models closely predict creep slip of typical nailed joints.This research was jointly supported by the Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, and the Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Special Grant 85-CRSR-2-2553. This is Paper 2288 of the Forest Research LaboratoryFormerly Graduate Research Assistant Forest Research Laboratory     

微米木纤维模压制品螺纹牙受力分布曲线的数学描述

分析了微米木纤维模压制品螺纹连接的受力,提出了其力学分析的基本假设,建立了螺纹牙的力学模型,推导了螺纹牙受力分布函数,对螺纹牙受力分布曲线进行了数学描述,提出了微米木纤维模压制品螺纹牙受力分布的百分比。应用本文提出的理论,可以根据微米木纤维模压制品的刚度和螺纹的几何参数定量计算螺纹牙受力分布,进而计算其螺纹连接的强度,为微米木纤维模压制品螺纹连接的强度计算提供了重要的理论依据。     

Deformation analysis of timber-framed panel dome structure I: simulation of a dome model connected by elastic springs

This study develops an analytical method that enables the simulation of the deformation of timber-framed plywood panel dome structures, of which strength is largely governed by the rigidity of joints. A hybrid truss structure model was employed to analyze this structure. In this model, we aimed to incorporate the mechanical properties of bolted and nailed joints, which were employed to build the structures, although the present investigation focused on the deformation characteristics of a dome in which the panel elements were connected mutually by elastic springs. The results of the theoretical analysis are compared with those obtained by experiments. The simulated results were found to be in good agreement with the results of the experiments under similar loading conditions.     

Lateral resistance of anchor-bolt joints between timber sills and foundations II. Effective lateral resistance of multiple anchor-bolt joints

Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to estimate the effective lateral resistance of multiple anchor-bolt joints with ordinary specifications of Japanese post and beam constructions. Basic lateral load-slip curves of single anchor-bolt joints required in the simulations were determined from the test results of our earlier report. The effective lateral resistance of multiple anchor-bolt joints was estimated for some combinations of loading direction, length/diameter ratio of anchor bolts, lead-hole clearance, and number of anchor bolts. The principal results of the simulations are: (1) anchor-bolt joints loaded perpendicular to lateral forces are not recommended to be counted as supplementary resisting elements because their supplementary shares are far less than those expected from their allowable lateral resistance; (2) multiple anchor-bolt joints with small length/diameter ratios have comparatively lower effective resistance ratios than multiple anchor-bolt joints with large length/diameter ratios; (3) the effective resistance of multiple anchor-bolt joints is affected not only by lead-hole clearance or number of bolts but also variance of load-slip characteristics of single anchor-bolt joints. Part of this work was presented at WCTE2004, Lahti, June 2004     

An application of the Tsaï criterion as a plastic flow law for timber bolted joint modelling

Summary This paper describes a modelling approach to predict the behaviour of an elementary thin timber bolted joint. The application concerns principally joints with steel side members; bolts have a constant 12 mm diameter with two ratios of end distance to bolt diameter and two bolt clearances. The behaviour of the bolted joints is characterized by a double non linearity; the first one is due to the contact area evolution between the bolt and the hole of the jointed elements. The second one is owing to the evolution of plasticity on the wood. A spring element compatible with isoparametric plane finite elements represents the contact evolution. The elastic-plastic wood is provided with a plastic flow rule according to the Tsa? criterion. This study allows an investigation on the parameters characterizing the Tsa? criterion, particularly F₁₂ which represents the interaction between the principal axis of orthotropy. A two-dimensional model is used. It permits the assessment of the clearance bolt, joint dimensions, wood plasticity and wood grain angle effect on the joint behaviour. The wood grain angle has a non negligible effect on the plastic strains distribution and it can create a parasite loading because the joint tends to rotate even for an axial loading. The results showed a good agreement between experimental values given by some authors and numerically-predicted stresses on the joint. So, the applications concern a two-dimensional joint with anisotropic plastic material. The generalization in the three-dimensional modelling is desirable to take into account the interaction between the wood and a metallic fastener in thick joints with different geometric characteristics.     

Dynamic responsive characteristics of nailed plywood–timber joints under harmonic vibrations

Dynamic tests of nailed plywood–timber joints are conducted under harmonic vibrations from 2 to 7 Hz. The principal results are as follows: under dynamic loading, nailed plywood–timber joints may break in low-cyclic bending fatigue failure of nails besides the other failure modes typical under static loading. The dynamic response of nailed plywood–timber joints is clearly dependent upon both the input frequency and the acceleration. These responsive characteristics arise from the nonlinear load–slip relationships and the characteristic cyclic stiffness degradation of nailed joints; that is, the cyclic degradation of the equivalent linear stiffness decreases the resonant frequencies of the same joints, which results in a transition of dynamic responses. It indicates that frequency components of seismic waves resonant to the frequencies corresponding to safety-limit stiffness of nailed joints may lead them to critical failures, even if the accelerations do not exceed the accelerations equivalent to the static damage-limit resistance.     

Yield load prediction of nailed timber joints using nail diameter and timber specific gravity

Prediction of yield load has nowadays been accepted as the basis for the limit state method of the design. Currently, there are many methods to predict the yield load of timber joints. These methods, i.e Foschi, Johansen, Smith and US 5% nail diameter offset, are reviewed in-depth in this paper. In this study, the authors presented a new approach which, hopefully, is simpler than the existing methods. The paper outlines the works carried out to arrive at the formula. About 300 Malaysian timber nailed joints were fabricated and tested to obtain the relationship between yield load and maximum load and to propose a new method to predict the yield load of a nailed joint. There seems to be a direct relationship between the yield load and the maximum load. From this relationship, a new formula, which depends only on nail diameter and specific gravity, was established.     

微米木纤维形成MFB的初探

提出了一种新板种MFB的制备方法。MFB由特殊的构成单元组成,该构成单元系根据细胞破碎理论采用微切削工艺制得,其厚度达到微米级水平。根据其方法在实验室制得的MFB样品的弹性模量达5171MPa,握钉力达1933N。MFB具有很多优点:具有木本色、美感、保温、绿色消费、寿命高、没有节子一类缺陷、防止变形等,所以可得到广泛的应用,其发展前景良好。笔者认为,MFB板种的提出是对人造板的发展做出了贡献。     

兴安落叶松钉连接施工技术研究

对我国东北地区落叶松在木结构中钉连接施工技术进行的试验研究表明，用兴安落叶松进行钉连接时，预钻孔直径应是钉直径的85％左右，预钻孔深度应该超过钉入深度；用于端部钉连接的钉不易太粗，可通过具体试验确定或采取相应技术措施，保证连接性能。     

微米木纤维模压制品握钉力计算理论

分析微米木纤维模压制品握钉力计算的重要性,提出其握钉力力学分析的基本假设,建立其握钉力计算的力学模型,推导螺纹牙受力的分布函数.应用本文提出的理论,可以根据微米木纤维模压制品的刚度和螺纹的几何参数定量计算螺纹牙受力分布,进而计算其握钉力,为微米木纤维模压制品握钉力计算提供重要理论依据.     

Three-dimensional finite element analysis of the Japanese traditional post-and-beam connection

A three-dimensional finite solid element model for Japanese traditional post-and-beam connections was developed using the wood foundation method, which employed the concept of a beam on a nonlinear foundation. The wood foundation in the model was a three-dimensionally prescribed zone surrounding a nail shank in order to address the intricate wood crushing behavior induced by nail slip. Material models for the wood members and the foundation were developed based on the transversely isotropic plasticity from the software package ANSYS. The Japanese post-and-beam connection modeled was a ten-nail multiple connection with a mortise and tenon joint and is called the CPT (Corner Plate, T-shaped) connection. Details of the model development are presented. As a feasibility study, blind predictions of the model were compared with available connection test data and showed good results for predicting the progress of the load-deformation relations in three dimensions. However, the limitation of the model was found in simulating fracture failures such as wood splitting or nail tear-out from the wood. Model applications and the need for model improvement are discussed.