Abstract
The duration of load (DOL) effects of timber, and mainly the time-to-failure (TTF), are investigated numerous times in the past, and are now fairly well understood. The time-to-failure of connections is investigated mainly for joints parallel to the grain. Comparison of these connections and timber shows a rather similar TTF behaviour. Only a limited number of investigations are known that address the TTF effects of timber loaded perpendicular to the grain by connections with dowel-type fasteners, where splitting cracks are the primary cause of failure. From this it follows that the timeto-failure behaviour is more severe for these types of connections. The same applies for variations in temperature and relative humidity of the test environment. This paper describes duration of load tests on the splitting strength of timber loaded perpendicular to the grain by dowel-type connections, where the connections have introduced high stress levels since late 2006.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2008), Miyazaki Japan, June 2008 |
Pages | 1-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Event | 10th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2008) - Miyazaki, Japan Duration: 2 Jun 2008 → 5 Jun 2008 Conference number: 10 |
Conference
Conference | 10th World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2008) |
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Abbreviated title | WCTE 2008 |
Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Miyazaki |
Period | 2/06/08 → 5/06/08 |
Other | The 10th world conference on Timber |