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    CHAPTER 8

    THE JOINTS OF WOOD ELEMENT

    8.3. Wedged joints

    The wedges are joining tools with different shapes and cross-sections made-up in wood or

    steel; they are used in order to embed the relative displacements of joined elements.

    The following edge types are used:

    - wooden prismatic wedges which can be: transversal, longitudinal or oblique function of

    the grain direction with respect to elements to join;

    - smooth rings wedged (split rings and circular rings) used especially for joining inclined

    elements (they are made in steel, having the shape of a closed ring or cut after the generatrix);

    - tooth rings wedged made in a corrugated steel sheet, in which the teeth are cut on both

    edges (this is pressed into joint and then is fastened by bolts passing through the wedge axis);

    - shear plates;

    - thin steel plates.

    8.3.1. Wooden prismatic wedges joints

    They are used for prolongation joints of tensioned elements or for composed beams made by

    overlapped elements; there are not used for truss joints. Wooden wedged joints are characterised by

    deformation in first loading phase and smaller deformation in time. The safety of the joining

    depends on a proper mounting. For prismatic wedged joints, the elements may be in direct contact

    or they may have spaces between them.

    Figure 8.13. Wooden prismatic

    wedges:

    a transversal with interspaces

    between joining elements;

    b longitudinal without interspaces

    between joining elements;

    c - longitudinal with interspaces

    between joining elements;

    c oblique without interspaces

    between joining elements.

    Transversal prismatic wedges are made of hardwood (oak, beech impregnated with

    antiseptical substances). Each transversal wedge is composed by two elements having an oblique

    side. In order to assure their adjustement, transversal wedges are longer with 23 cm than the

    width of joined elements.

    Longitudinal prismatic wedges may be straight or oblique and are made in softwood,

    without knots or other defects, having the grains straight and parallel with the grains of elements to

    be joined.

    Oblique prismatic wedges have the advantage that, as they are not being subjected to shear,present a higher safety in exploitation.

    The bolts embedded wedges twisting are, usually, located at the middle of the distance

    between wedges.

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    8.3.2. Smooth rings wedged joints

    They are usually used in truss joints and sometimes in prolongation joints. Smooth rings are

    mounted in proper dwellings performed in joining elements. These types of rings are stiffened with

    screws and washers, located in the ring center, in order to maintain the contact between surfaces of

    joining elements.

    Split rings must fulfill the following design requirements:

    - split rings are cutted after the generatrix, the space is equal to (0,050,1)dp, where dp isthe inner diameter of ring;

    - smooth annular wedge must penetrate each joined element a depth equal to half of the

    wedge height, hp;

    - the width of joining elements, b, must be greater with 4 cm than inner ring diameter;

    - the minimum thickness of boards used must be at least 58 mm or bp+30 mm.

    Figure 8.14. Smooth ringwedged joint with split ring:

    a details;

    b joint wiew;

    c lateral joint wiew.

    In case of smooth rings wedged joints the loads transmitting is accomplished by crushing

    and shearing of wood. Crushing stresses appear in a radial direction, the maximum values being

    located on the dimeter that is parallel with the transmitted effort direction. The wood crushing is

    more unfavorable than in case of longitudinal wood wedges but more favorable than in case of

    transversal ones.

    The wood portion enclosed by steel ring is considered efficient for shear.

    The no. of smooth wedged joint is computed using the relation:p

    cappefLL , (8.18)

    where:

    pefL axial effort that ocuurs in joined elements, in N;

    p

    capL - capable effort for a single wedge, in N, the value is minimum one between crushing

    capacity (p

    scapL ) and shear capacity (p

    fcapL ), established with the relations:

    | |= kmmARL

    uTs

    c

    c

    p

    scap ; (8.19)

    fTf

    c

    f

    p

    fcapm/kmARL

    | |= ; (8.20)

    where:c

    cR

    | |,c

    fR

    | | are design values of strengths in compression (crushing), respectively shear

    parallel with grains, function of wood species, quality class of wood and exploitation conditions for

    timber elements, in N/mm2;

    As crushing surface, in mm2 ( pps bdA = );

    Af shear surface, in mm2 ( 2/dA

    2

    pf= );

    mT treatment coefficient;mu coefficient of wood used inside of ring, with value: 0,8;

    mf shear coefficient introducing the ratio between shear sill and force eccentricity:

    e/l1mff

    += ; (8.21)

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    where:

    is distribution coefficient of tangential stresses on shear area with values:

    0,125 for joints which transmits compression efforts;

    0,250 for joints which transmits tension efforts;

    lf shear sill length, in mm, ( pf d=l );

    e arm level for shear couple (mm), equal to 0,5a (a is the depth of board) in case of boards

    having smooth wedges located on one side and equal to 0,25b in case of boards having smooth

    wedges on both sides; b is the boards thickness;

    k - reduction coefficient of smooth wedge capacity with respect to the angle between effort

    direction and grains direction with values given in table 8.5.

    Values of coefficient kTable 8.5.

    0 20 40 60 90

    k 1,0 0,9 0,7 0,5 0,4

    Figure 8.15. Other types of split rings

    8.3.3. Tooth rings and spike grids wedged joints

    Tooth annular wedges are made up in steel corrugated strip, wedge teeth are cutted and

    sharpened (see figure 8.17) in order to penetrate the wood. These kind of wedges are mounted with

    special presses in joining elements.

    Spike grids have pointed square tapered teeth protruding from both sides and are made of

    galvanized steel. They are available in flat, circular, flat-square and single- and double-curved

    square shapes (see figure 8.16). The flat grid is used to conect overlapping flat members. The

    single-curved grid is used to conect a flat to a round and semiround member. The double-curved

    grid is used to connect two round members. The spike grids are installed by pressing together the

    members to be joined and are designed to transmit shear loads. The required bolt is not assumed to

    transmit any shear.

    Figure 8.15. Toot ringFigure 8.16. Spike grids: single curve, flat

    and circular

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    8.17. Other types of

    tooth rings and

    Spike grids

    8.3.4. Shear plates

    Shear plates are capable of transferring large shear forces. They are used to attach beams to

    columns through steel straps, in the fabrication of heavy timber trusses by using steel splice plates,

    and quite extensively for connections between glulam members of timber structures. Shear plates

    are also used in pairs to make wood to wood connections.

    Shear plates require that a groove be cut and a hole be drilled by using a special tool. The

    shear plates does not provide a wedge fit; thus a shear-plate joint will allow greater slip than a split-

    ring joint and is less likely to cause a wood member to split as a result of shrinkage due to

    seasoning of wood in service. The bolt or lag screw in a shear-plate joint serves a dual function ofclamping the joint together and assisting in transferring the load.

    Figure 8.17. Shear plates: pressed steel, malleable iron, and fiberglass

    8.3.5. Connectors of thin steel plate

    8.4. Glued joints

    Glued joints are used in modern timber engineering.

    The advantages of this kind of joints consists of:

    - the possibility of carrying out elements having efficient sections with respect to loadingconditions;

    - rational use of different wooden material categories function of loading;

    - do not produce the section weakings of the joined elements;

    - one can use wood elements having reduced sections and lengths;

    - one can made built-up sections;

    - if they are rationally made, glued laminated elements have elastic and mechanical

    properties better than of the ordinary wood elements due to the possibility of corect

    resizing of the different qualities for wooden material when one has to built-up

    transversed sections according to the magnitude and the nature of stress occuring in the

    section;

    - glue laminated timber have a greater fire resistance due to their greater dimensions andto glue pressence.

    Glues used for wooden constructions must satisfy the following conditions:

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    - minimum failure strength of glued joints subjected to joint shear for any type of glue

    used for construction elements, must be at least equal with 6 N/mm 2 for hardwood and 8

    N/mm2 for soft wood;

    - must be waterproofed (minimum shear strength of the glued layer after 1h of soilling or

    24 h of water immersion must be at least 15 N/mm2);

    - must be resistant to fungi attack;

    - must not be toxic.

    The glued joints must fulfill the following conditions:- load transmisssion from one element to another must take place by the occurance of

    same shear efforts in the glue layer;

    - tensioned efforts normal to glue layer are not admitted;

    - rectangular cross-section wood used in order to obtain glue laminated elements must

    have processed surfaces and low humidity;

    - minimum length of boards and planks used for glue laminated elements must be 2,5 m,

    and the minimum thickness of 50 mm;

    - in case of arches, plank thickness must be > 1/300 of curvature radius;

    - the boards and planks arrangement must be such that the annual rings to be orriented in

    the same sense in order to reduce the interior stresses that may occur due to shrinkage

    deformations;- boards and planks glued joints are built jointed (for compressed and bend elements,

    straight or curved in compressed zone as well as in the low stressed central zone), an

    bevelled surface and toothred wedge jointed (in tensioned elements and in hardly

    torsioned zone of bend elements, or in elements subjected to buckling);

    - in case of glue laminated elements having the transversal section width > 14 cm, in order

    to reduce supplementary internal stresses in glued joints, the boards and planks must

    have maximum width 14 cm and must be located in succesive layers along the height;

    - the glued elements are pressed with a pneumatical hydraulic or normal press, the value

    of pressure depends on the section height, on the plank thickness, on the quality of

    surface (a too big pressure may result in glue spalling).

    The minimum duration of pressing is established function of glue type, the temperature of

    environment and on the element type. In case of straight beams the duration of pressing varies

    between 6 and 10 h, and in the case of curved elements between 16 and 24 h.