Abstract
Previous studies have shown that double shear timber connections with glass fibre reinforced polymer dowels are a viable alternative to metallic timber connections. Different models have been proposed for predicting the load capacity of the connection. A model which accurately predicts stiffness for connections of this type is, however, not yet published. This paper discusses a two dimensional linear finite element model that predicts the slip modulus of non-metallic timber connections made with pultruded dowels. The model is compared to experimental results and it is concluded that the two dimensional model is accurate.
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The authors would like to thank Tom Reynolds for sharing his expertise on timber embedment and Tim Holsgrove for providing advice on torsion testing. The authors would also like to thank the BRE Trust for supporting the project.
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Brandon, D., Thomson, A., Ansell, M., Bregulla, J., Harris, R., Walker, P. (2014). Stiffness Modelling of Non-metallic Timber Connections with Pultruded Dowels. In: Hassan, R., Yusoff, M., Ismail, Z., Amin, N., Fadzil, M. (eds) InCIEC 2013. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-02-6_4
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